Day 7: Mass, Pool, and Lee Walker!

[Enter Connor and Cole, conversing]

Both: "Howdy!  This is Connor Knight and Cole Williams!"

Connor: "Today was Sunday, so of course we were offered the option to attend a traditional Italian mass.  Since it was only an option, not everybody went, but we had enough people to adequately fill a good number of pews.  The mass was in Italian but we had packets to follow along.  We were even able to meet up with an English speaking priest who answered a lot of questions for us.  By the time we got back to the center some of the other kids had woken up and we had free time."

Cole: "I was one of the other kids who woke up late and had some free time--"

Connor: "Well at least you didn't get up at 2:30 like Albert."

Cole: "It sounds like there should be a joke in there somewhere but this is a blog so we have to be serious."

Connor: "yeh"

Cole: "So while people woke up early to go to mass, a bunch of

people stayed back at the center and just slept in and did some laundry, etc. etc."

Connor: "That sounds like fun!"

Cole: "yeh"

Connor: "So after mass, a group of us went down to the pool for some fun in the sun.  The weird thing was that they required us to wear swim caps--"

Cole: [Aside] "That is weird!"

Connor: "After swimming we worked our way into town because most of us hadn't eaten yet.  This was around 1:00 so we were pretty hungry considering that we had just swam for an hour.  Since it was Sunday almost every shop in town was closed, but we were able to find a nice pizza joint and enjoyed burning our mouths with some amazing pizza!  We got back to the center at about 2:30 -- half an hour late for our session. (Worth it.)"

Cole: "And that's why everyone hates you guys! So then we talked a lot about being healthy and safey on campus. We also learned the merits of packing a good sack lunch to a buffet. Afterwards, we met Mr. Lee Walker, an A&M alumni who has done pretty much everything. He has headed companies and has inspired others and has gone on boat trips to Africa and has probably lived a fuller life than anyone reading this blog has."

Connor: "I mean, seriously.  He's co-founded 'Live Strong,' served as president of Dell in its early years, inspired a line of Nike Air force 1's, and now owns a castle in the hills of Italy.  After his talk with us he even stuck around for dinner and the daily gelato run!"

Cole: "So that's basically today in a nutshell."

Both: "Connor and Cole out."

[Exeunt]