The baths were amazing, though at some points I was afraid
that Lanie (or I ) would be carried away
by the current. At another hot spring in Yellowstone National Park , Wyoming,
Nadia and I actually took advantage of the current, riding it down the river
but in these baths we would be scraped on sharp rocks. Speaking of Yellowstone, the
baths reminded me very much of the Travertine terraces. The sulphurous smell
was very familiar.
At the end of our hot spring
excursion, Lanie said that she felt sick, though she seemed okay later. None of
us felt great due to the long, twisty mountain road. I was despairing in the
back of the car as we drove aimlessly through the countryside (Editors’ note: It
only seemed aimless, but it was a much longer drive than we promised.). Near
the end of our drive, it was made even worse for me by Lanie pointing at every
random house we passed and yelling “maybe that’s our villa!” .
Finally, we reached our villa. I
was very relieved to be out of the
car. It was a long , hard day but Silvia’s delicious pasta and tiramisu was a great way to end it.
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| Silvia's tiramisu |
It was
very fun to see the Brookses again after being away from them since last
summer. I feel bad for them having to
bike on the mountains around the villa. They’re
not complaining a lot about it, though. I know we’re going to have a lot of fun.
Also at the villa they have two big dogs and
even though they are very nice we were scared of them at first because we just
saw them barking over the fence and jumping up and down on their hind legs. The people who owned the villa gave us a very
nice tour. We got to see all the parts
of the beautiful house, such as a cool balcony that you get to from the room
that I sleep in. It was fairly easy to
sleep that night after I stopped talking with Meredith and Nadia. It was very late at night, past 10 o’clock. For the people at home, though, it was only 4
p.m. If I was in Durham we wouldn’t have
even had dinner yet.
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