First Weekend in Syracuse

On Friday morning, we had our orientation to the program, which lasted for several hours. Afterwards, we took a walking tour around the island in order to get to know better our surroundings. We strolled through the open air market and were introduced to the cheese maker and the butcher. Then, we had some gelato (my favorite), and I succumbed to trying a horse-meat burger, which actually was very tasty. That evening, we had an orientation dinner, which was excellent. We were served the traditional Italian dinner; an appetizer, a first plate (some sort of pasta), a second plate (some sort of meat) and a dessert. All were fantastic! Yesterday, a few of us walked to the mainland to do some exploring. Afterwards, Chris and I decided to take a boat out to explore the sea caves, which was a lot of fun! On our way to dinner last night, we watched a guy doing a puppet show in the square, which was probably one of the most entertaining things I have ever witnessed. He was so funny and good! Today, we went and hung out at the pool. Throughout the day, I had the opportunity to taste many delicious Sicilian dishes. I also read a lot, got a bunch of sun and then played water polo. Afterwards, we went to a vineyard to eat fresh fruit and taste many delicious wines. Then, we went to the next town over to get gelato (of course), which ended up with us scaling a wall as a "shortcut".