Written By Tala & Chloe
Since our last blog, we left Rome and made our way to the south of Matera. We spent the last 5 days in a monastery near the town of Altamura with the company B-Link. We got to learn a lot about this region’s Italian culture. Especially because we were joined by 3 local Italian students. We were given a tour of a 5th generation bread bakery. We also did workshops about sustainable living and about culture. On our last day, we had a tandem night joined by some other European students where we got to teach them some of our American culture as well.
What were three of the top highlights this week?:
Some highlights from this week were definitely getting to meet some local Italian students our age, learn from them, as well as make some new friends!
Another highlight was getting to play an Italian board game put together by those students to help teach us in a fun and engaging way.
The last highlight from our time with B-Link was getting to be apart of a fast fashion show put together by one of the Italian students. We were sent off in groups of 3 or 4 to dress up one model from our group and have them strut down a catwalk to show us all the power of fashion!
What is something you or the group is challenged by this week?:
Something our group struggled with this week was definitely sickness. Our group has struggled with this on and off from the beginning but this week was one of the hardest. We were all able to push through with the best attitude possible, but there were some challenging moments for sure.
🌎 What are you most grateful for this week?:
Something the group is looking forward to is spending time in Naples and exploring the city of Pompeii. We are also very excited to spend the other half of our trip in Greece. Italy brought us through an amazing and at times challenging journey. We can’t wait to see whats next!
