Day 8: European Vacation 2011

Sent: Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 2:11 PM

Hello Hello

Day 8:

After three days of 10hrs each day on a tour, we decided to take it easy and only go for 3.5 hours. So I don't have a lot of "trivia" for you today. Plus, my bro was making fun of the guide. I was laughing so hard I wasn't paying attention. He was talking so slow that it sounded like he was reading the words! Haha

We visited an island today. I thought it was a city or a region like Tuscany... Not an island. See, I was never really good at geography. The capital city is Palermo. The other two islands are Corsica and Sardina.

10 Points: Name the Island we visited

So our guide said that they have been in negotiations to build a bridge to the mainland and it will cost $7B for 2 miles of bridge and it'll take 6-7 years to build. Wow!

Ok so the city we visited is one I have never heard of before, so I don't expect y'all to know. We are in the third largest city on the island. So I'm gonna give you clues to the two parts of the name to get it.

First part: what any mom tells you to clean up?
Second part: the last three letters of my name

10 Points: Name the city we visited

One of the cities main exports is seafood. In particular raise and farm a fish w/ a long snout shaped like a weapon.

10 Points: Name the fish

This part of the country is known for their sweet desserts. I'm not a fan of this pastry, but I know others like the crunchy pastry shell. The inside is usually filled w/ ricotta cheese and it's usually topped w/ whipped cream or powdered sugar.

10 Points: Name this dish

In the city we visited the main cathedral that has the biggest organ in Italy. It has over 16,000 pipes. There was a performance of Ave Maria. It was cool, but took forever. Neil joked that everything in "the city is slow as balls".

Before heading back to the boat, we had a little snack. It's round. It is dough w/ tomato sauce and formaggio. It was hand size. I've never seen them this size, but it was cool.

10 Points: Name what we snacked on


My mom and bro said that the clues/answers are super easy today as opposed to yesterday, so everyone should get max points. Except maybe #2. That's the only semi hard one, but w/ The ORACLE on ur side you should be good to go.


Tomorrow is another sea day, so I will not be sending any updates. Until then... Have a great couple of days.

One more week and we'll be back! Not sure if I'm happy or sad about that. I've been enjoying the vacation, but I miss home and sleeping in my bed.