Benissimo

We had our last formal dinner on April 21. The food was better than the second but not quite as amazing as the first. The place was a villa with an outdoor terrace. It was actually a little chilly and drizzly, so it's a shame the weather wasn't nicer. We had appetizers and apertifs (the chosen drinks were orange, kiwi and fruit... most likely combined with wine.) The fried zucchini and mini pizzas were phenomenal.

After mingling we went to the dining room. Our first feast was amazing asparagus and cheese crepes (which were really more like omelletes) and some weird pasta (i opted for seconds of the crepes instead of the brown mushroom looking entree). The main course was beef and potatoes (more delicate than the American counterpart.) Dessert was vanilla creme with chocolate sauce. The dessert wine matched the creme amazingly and I finally understood why it's important to match wines with foods because it brings out so much more flavor.

After we ate, the program coordinators gave thank you speeches to the faculty and staff and presented some of the yearbook awards (no, i did not join the yearbook staff and when you see the book you will understand. it is basically a stapled excel document.)

I'm not sure how this happened, and in such a classy establishment, but someone started playing music over the speakers, including "Who let the dogs out?" (up for debate, is the following line "who, who, who?" or "woof, woof, woof") The combination of our last dinner, impending departure of the country and multiple glasses of wine led to a mini dance floor. And the directors actually laughted and didn't care.

After we arrived back in Paderno everyone met up at the Piazza (it was Thursday so the Orchidea was closed) and then some of us took the 30 minute walk to Crespano to go to Guisseppe Verde (although we didn't have to walk back because we've gotten good at getting rides home from nice Italians.)