Church

Italy is overwhelmingly Catholic and is full of old and beautiful churches. Mass is attended every Sunday but while most Italians claim to be "practicing" Catholics, it's becoming less and less common to attend mass every Sunday. I go with friends Sunday morning. This photo is of The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Bonaria, a church near the port of Cagliari that houses a statue of the Madonna that was thrown off a Spanish ship and washed ashore here near Cagliari. It was built in 1324-1329. Today it's a famous landmark in Sardinia.

Six-day Easter break... I like it.

St. Patrick's Day

I was horribly shocked to arrive at school and not see a single person wearing green with the exception of myself. Unfortunately, St. Patrick's Day is not a holiday here and I was completely bummed. No leprechauns? No chocolate gold coins? I'm going to have to wait another year now.

For those of you who are familiar with a film called 'A Christmas Story', fra-jee-lay is actually the Italian word for fragile (it's spelled the same as in English though). Who would have thought?