The Adventures at Casa Cares

During these two months that I've been here, many interesting things have happened that can (and will be) considered as adventures. Here are some:

-One of our guests got lost in the woods and spent the night there. After the incident, we got to know him a little better and he really is a lost soul...
-We had no water for a day. That day Friederike (will be referred to as F) and I were supposed to clean all the bathrooms. Not easy doing that, or washing dishes after meals when the entire house is full of guests. So we ironed all day.
- Getting soaked on my way to Italian class. It's only a 1km walk!
-Power outage several times.
- The Chamber of Mysteries, where sheets are counted every week.
- Emptying the rooms after a group leaves and finding 'nice' surprises.
-Spedning 7 hours cleaning the Colonica kitchen. No one knows the actual time when it was last cleaned.
-Driving to Iris's house in her car.
-Playing Apples to Apples with Iris.
-Being driven by Antoinette.
-Raymond Stew and Raymond Cake.
-Attempting to get a kitten out a wall.
-Brio. The dog that keeps on whining.
-Giving Ethan a haircut with a buzzer.
-Going to a Reggae concert with Iris, where we met her 'boyfriend' and had Raymond throw up several times on the way home from the moving vehicle.
- Going to Venice with a very loud American group and spending the day wondering around the city.
-Cleaning in the Villa kitchen: scrubbing kettles, copper wires, dishwashers, etc...
-Sweet tea and gumbo.
-Watching movies that took forever to download.
-The Romanian family that stayed with us for about 3 weeks.
-Being dragged into the bathroom by 3 boys under the age of 11 and having my face painted upon. And my ears too. The inside of my ears.
-Going to Florence with Zack, Ethan, Raymond and Friederike. The going and being there was ok, minus R's obnoxious ways. Nothing new.... But the coming back! oh boy. Deciding to take one train, than deciding the take another one and grabbing a Chinese lunch, getting off at a different train station and realizing that the bus we needed left right before us and the next one coming is two and half hours later. Exploring the town we were in and having a peaceful cup of tea with F in a little bar. Going back to the bus stop. Bus not coming, next one not coming, the one we were taking going in the valley, instead of up. Panicking on the bus, calling Paul and Dennis to pick us up. Getting off the bus at the last stop and seeing the right bus pull into the bus stop. God's grace.
-Vallambrosa on a very cold day with Z, E, R, and F. Absolutely breathtaking views of the valley fromm 1000m elevation. Having hot tea and nut rolls (ala F) and playing with a ball on the side of the hill. Being tackled by Ethan after several tries. Going to the supermarket and making an amazing lemon pepper chicken with Zacko!

*This is not in chronological order, but hey! they are most definitely adventures!
**More to come, undoubtedly.