I'm Back......

Hi.  Sorry for the little break there....I am down in the lobby so I can have Internet....

The last couple of days we taught in the morning and took little side trips with one of the teachers.
She drove us to a couple of the beaches in Monopoli.  The beaches are small compared to our
beaches on the east coast, but very nice.  Usually sandy beach in the middle area with rocks 
surrounding.  Sometimes a castle at the beach and lots of flowers and cacti...

Speaking of singular and plural....I learned today that when you order a panini (sandwich), we Americans
say I will have 1 panini....which is incorrect.....Panini is plural.  So, if you order 1 panini sandwich in the
future, you will know to say, "I would like une (1) panino or two (2) panini, and so on.....sorry, just
a little aside there.

The next day (yesterday), we took a ride to the outskirts of town to see a masseria, which is an old...
really old....farm that usually produced olive oil in the past....I want to say that the teacher said that these
are places from the 9th century, but I'm not quite sure I heard her right.  Anyway, these have now been
bought and restored and turned into restaurants or B&Bs.   

Above are some pictures of the beaches and the masserias that we visited.