Let me tell you, life is a roller coaster. I woke up this morning for the class trip to Benelli. When we entered the company, I felt that I stepped into a bachelor pad. As you walked in, a brown bear pelt covered the wall. There were pictures all over of manly things. Then, going up a flight of stairs, you were greeted by a stuffed lion. I wasn't a fan of some of their particular design tastes, but the entire place felt like it stepped out of an IKEA magazine combined with a hunter enthusiast. The floor had a beautiful wood on it of all shades of brown and it felt modern, especially compared to the Renaissance town of Urbino.
But as the presentation started, I didn't feel good. I broke out in sweat and started seeing black spots. Yup, I almost fainted. I learned over to Hailey and said I was going to pass out. We couldn't really do anything during the middle of a presentation, so I toughed it out and after about 5-10 minutes I felt back to normal if not better. During that time I had to close my eyes and I might have even passed out leaning on my arm, but it was scary. I've passed out before, but this one came out of nowhere so I am thinking I was just super dehydrated (which makes since because everything has 10 gallons of salt in it) and maybe also from lack of sleep (yo gurl needs 12+ hours that's not happening).
The rest of the tour went well. I couldn't hear the tour guide for the majority of it, but it was really interested touring the facilities.
In the afternoon, I went with Bobbio and his wife Marie, to Cagli. Let me tell you, I loved hanging out with them. We had a great conversation in the car ride over and by the end of this trip I felt like their daughter. I joked around with them about it, but what was even funnier, was when we ran into some people Bobbio knew (he knows everyone). They were talking and she asked if I was their daughter. I got a real kick out of that.
They showed me around the town of Cagli (pronounced Cal-yee). Apparently the ieiMedia program was in this town for about 6 years before it moved to Urbino. And who knows, maybe in the future it will be somewhere else!
This couple was also one of the cutest I have ever seen. Bobbio called Marie "foxy" and you could just tell they still really loved each other. They were also hippies at heart. Marie owns an environmental kayaking tour place.
They were also very helpful when it came to my story. Since Bobbio knew everyone, and if he didn't, he still could have gotten their contact information, I was able to set up an appointment with a priest and a guy who picked flowers for the procession. Whooo already I feel like I have more in this first day for this story than in the entire month with the other.
After that, we had the best gelato in all of Italy. It was homemade and melted in my mouth. Then we headed up this beautiful mountain (called Monte Petrano I believe). A cool technique Bobbio taught me with my camera was that if you focus on one of the far mountains, the different colors of the mountains stand out more prominently. Words cannot describe how beautiful and majestic this place was. The filed stretched for miles in each direction and all over was this tall wild flowers and grass. A tournament is going to take place on Saturday and Sunday that had to do with hunting with dogs, so some people were up there training.
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