MY WEEK WITH MARTINA

Dear friends,
I want to tell you about my week spent with Martina. She is a very lovely girl. . As soon as she took me her home, she introduced me to her family. They are all very nice. In the afternoon, I helped her finishing the drawing of art.  I liked it very much because it was an activity that I had never tried before.

The following day Martina introduced me to her twin cousins named Alice and Carolina. I made friends with them at once because they are very lovely. Then we enjoyed ourselves playing with they Peppa Pig toy house. It was very funny.

What about you?

          love, 

               your friend Odysseas

MY WEEK WITH ALESSANDRO

Dear friends,
I've spent a very quiet week with Alessandro.
January 29th was one of the coldest days of the year and in fact these days are known as the blackbird days. Actually I was so cold when in the morning Alessandro, his classmates and I walked to a High School to see a play in French.
As soon as we came back home I sat near the fireplace to get warm. After that we had lunch. In the afternoon around 3 o'clock Alessandro and I went to his basketball training. In evening I ate a delicious portion of potato pie and then Alessandro and I watched a very moving film about Shoah. The title is "Life is Beautiful" and the main actor and film director is Benigni.
Luckily the following days were less cold, in fact the days of the blackbird have just ended.
Alessandro's mother is very nice, she always cuddles me, she knows I love eating and she always makes delicious dishes.

This is the focaccia she made for me! Very yummy! You should taste it, I know you would like it a lot.

What's Daniele doing? Are you all fine? I do hope so.

                                  Love,

                                         Odysseas

MY DAYS WITH GIADA

My dear friends,

I'm here with my new friend Giada. her family is very happy to host me. Her mother is a good cook, so as soon as I arrived home there was a delicious dish waiting for me: pasta and tomato sauce. Giada is a very quiet girl and she is very clever at school so she spend her afternoons doing her homework. But when she finishes we watch some Tv, go shopping or meet her friends.

On Sunday morning we went to the church to take part to a religious celebration and then we had lunch at her grandma's.

 

I ate lasagne pasta, cutlets and chips. Giada and I share the same hobby: we like comics, so on Sunday afternoon we read a comic about the giants and then we played with Ps4.

What about you? I hope you're all fine.

Hugs,

Odysseas

MY DAYS WITH MATTIA

Dear friends, 

I spent some days with my friend Mattia Acquaviva...

The day before yesterday we went shopping and I bought a few personal effects I needed.


Mattia has a nice home and he let me play with the slide. I also helped him with his homework.



After such a busy day I was hungry so I had a deliciuos sandwich with ham and tomato.

Believe me, Mattia is a really nice boy, he makes me laugh and I'm sure I'll be sad when I leave him.

Hugs,

Odysseas

ODYSSEAS AND MARIA GIOVANNA

Dear friends,

how nice to see you are all well!
My new Italian friend who is hosting me is Maria Giovanna.
She plays volleyball in a team and two days ago she took me to the volleyball court. I watched her training and I must say it is a funny sport.

Maria Giovanna has got many hobbies.

I like listening to her while she is playing the guitar and she is really good. I am happy to have such a loving and kind friend.

Yesterday Maria Giovanna took me to school with her and she introduced her friend Martina to me. I also visited the school, Maia-Materdona, and I was amazed: it’s really big! It has got two floors and everybody is nice. 

After school we went to the park Poti where we took a photo of the "spider web", which is a big swing. 

Today I'll be hosted by a new friend... I'm a bit sad because I'm sure I'll miss Maria Giovanna.

Write soon and tell me about you.

                                                      Odysseas

IN ITALY AT LAST!

Dear friends,
at last I arrived in Italy, at Mesagne. Last Saturday morning miss Andriulo introduced me to her students. They were all very happy to meet me and to take pictures with me.



Riccardo is the first friend who is hosting me for a few days. He is very nice, he attends the second year at Materdona middle school and his family is so happy to host me.



In the afternoon I helped Riccardo with his homework




and then we relaxed together on the sofa reading an adventure book.







In the evening we went out to eat a pizza with Riccardo’s friends. We had great fun!

Sunday was a very sunny and lovely day. I got up pretty late and had breakfast at 10 a.m. Then I had a shower and finally took me to Brindisi where his granny lives. She is a cute woman.











We had a traditional Italian lunch: we ate orecchiette with tomato sauce and meatballs. Orecchiette is ear shaped handmade pasta. It was yummy!
At 5 pm. we drank a cup of tea with Riccardo's brother Antonio and then we went back home at 8 pm to have dinner dinner. After dinner we listened to some music.


Riccardo and his family are very nice, but next Wednesday I'll leave them because I'm going to be hosted by a new friend.

What about you? Do you miss me?

Please, write and tell me what you and Daniele ber are doing.
                                      Hugs,
                                               Odysseas