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I am an English teacher and student of the Italian language currently teaching in Perugia, Italy for the company Angloville. I am working here for the week and writing about my trip in both English and Italian. My Italian is bad so expect lots of mistakes/Itenglish so don’t hesitate to correct me.

It was here. Presentation day. As well as the last full day of Angloville. My lads were a bit nervous, especially after Little Ema, but I reassured them this wasn’t like a presentation in school. It wasn’t a test or exam. It didn’t matter if you made mistakes. Just look at me. I make mistakes all the time in Italian and I don’t care. After a couple of practice runs, the kids were ready to go. I gave them a further pep talk reassuring them they would be great and we would be better than everybody else like the Americans, Nick and Lauren.

As I predicted, there was nothing to worry about. My lads were great – even little Ema. The other groups were good too (obviously not as good as mine) Ana and Matilde talked about Harry Potter, Michael talked about his cat and others spoke about football or music. Everybody did well.

Some free time later, it was time to finish writing all our notes to one another. You already know what I wrote for Nick, but as for the girls, I was equally silly. With the Manc Lucy, I wrote a series of Oasis references, with the Brummie Victoria I did a UB40 reference and Lauren got a load of Irish song references i.e Danny Boy, the Cranberries and Snow Patrol. I encouraged Maya to keep writing, gave tongue twisters to help Alex practice and reminded Ming that he is indeed the king.

During lunch, as I had learned that Mattia is really into chess, I asked him for some help on my chess games and we did some puzzles – the lad got 37 puzzles on Chess.com’s puzzle rush. Impressive.

At 3, it was time for the kids and us Ips to have a little treat. Angloville had arranged a cooking lesson for them. The resort chef came out and taught us how to make tagliatelle pasta. I like my cooking especially my Italian cooking, but I’ve never made pasta before. It was very exciting. The kids loved it. Well – not everybody did. Little Ema didn’t take part. Instead we did some tongue twisters in English and Italian.

He became obsessed with getting me to say them as fast as possible. He has developed so much over the last week. Even at meal times, he has come alive. He keeps filling everybody’s cups to the brim and he kept hitting me with his water bottle. Naughty naughty. Insert pictures

At 5.30, it was time for our final conversation session. There wasn’t a topic so we could talk about whatever we wanted. I was with Ton, little Ema, the other Emanuelle and King Ming. Initially, we did the guess who I am game before coordinator Giulia asked us to help her prepare for the water fight.

Little Ema took full charge here. While the rest of were struggling to even blow up the balloons, he became like a factory line, filling water balloons easy-peasy, squeeze the lemon. He was also none too pleased with the crappy water ballons I made. Instead of calling him the pope, I’ve changed his nickname to the boss.

Then at 6.30, the war commenced. The girls had the good sense to retreat to their rooms but us boys went all out. Balloons, water pistols, water bottles, the garden hose. The lads even dragged Izzy into the pool. It was absolute mayhem. Nick and I both got soaked. Nick’s shoes got so wet that he couldn’t even walk in them. I lent him my flip flops, or thongs as they say in Aussie land, and he then piggy-backed me around the venue. I then piggy-backed Midori. The water fight over and a cease fire called, it was time for a slightly later dinner of some very beefy beef burgers. Insert pictures. I started talking to Tom about films, as he is a big film fan and I showed him the 2015 edition of IMDB’s top 1000 films of all time which I am currently working through.

We have seen a lot of the same films including older ones like Jack Lemmon or Sergio Leone. Very impressive. And he’s only 13. He asked me if he should watch the Sopranos. I said yes, but only when he’s older. Although he has already watched Dexter so…

Anyway after dinner it was time to finish off the rest of my notes. I encouraged Mattia to keep doing chess puzzles, complimented Leo’s fluency, reminded Ela that she is the queen of her rock and told Gio he will be in the NBA one day. That covers the final full day of Angloville Italy. It was a day of presentations, Water fights and the new boss.

Il Giorno è arrivato. Il giorno di presentazione. Anche era l’ultimo complete giorno di Angloville. Il mio gruppo era nervosa particularmente il piccolo Ema, ma ho li detto che questo presentazione non come un presentazione alla scuola. Non l’era un exam o test. Non era importante si hanno fatto delle errore. Guarda mio. Faccio molto errore quando parlo l’italiano e non è grave.

Dopo delle practicare, ho dato un discorso motivazione saying we would be the best…better than the Americans, Nick, Lauren etc…

Come ho pensato, tutti era benissimo. Il mio gruppo era magnifico particularmente piccolo Ema. I altri erano bene anche (evidenmente, il mio gruppo era migliori) Ana e Matilde hanno parlano di Harry Potter, Michael ha parlato di suo gatto e gli altri ha parlato di calcio o la musica. Tutti ha fatto bene.

Adesso, era la volta per finire ecrire tutte le notizie per tutti. Come sai deja ho scritto un note sciocco per Nick. Per le ragazze, ero sciocco anche. Per Lucy, ho scritto dei riferementi Oasis…ditto Lauren ma per le canzone Irish i.e Danny Boy, the Cranberries and Snow Patrol. Ho incorrigato Maya per continuare ecrire, ho datto dei sciololingue per Alex e ho ricordato Ming che è il re.

Durante il Pranzo, perche so che Mattia si piace le scaachi – ho chiesto per il suo assientza con i miei giochi dei scaachi e abbiamo fatto ‘Chess.com’s Puzzle rush where the lad scored 37 puzzles.’ Bravissimo.

Alle 3, era la volta per la ricompesa per tutti. Angloville ha organizzato un lesione cucinare. Stavamo imparando a fare la pasta. Mi piace cucinare particularmente cucinare Italiano, ma ho fatto mai pasta prima. Era eccitante ma non per tutto. Ema non vorrei participare. Invece, l’ho insegnato dei scioglielingue. E m’ha insegnato dei scioglielingue in Italiano.  Ancora e ancoro, m’ha detto to say the tongue twisters il piu veloce. Ha sviluppato molto over the week. Particularmente a Pranzo e cena. He kept filling everybody’s cups to the brim and he kept hitting me with his water bottle. Molto Monello.

Alle 5.30, era la volta per il nostro sessione conversaionale ultimo. Non c’era un arggomento, quindi potremmo parlare n’importa quoi. Il mio gruppo compresa di Ton, piccolo Ema, l’altro Emanuelle e Re Ming. Initiamente, abbiamo giocato dei giochi prima il coordinatore Giulia ci ha chiesto per l’assitenza per la battiglia di acqua.

Il piccolo Ema era il capo qui. Mentre tutti fare fatica a gonfiare i palloncini era easy-peasy squeeze the lemon per Ema. Ma non si piaciuto I miei crappy palloncini di acqua. Ho cambiato il suo soprannome di la Pappa alla Il Padrino.

La Guerra ha cominciato alle 6.30. Tutte le ragazze erano intelligente per fuggire ma ci ragazzi went all out. Pallocini, le pistole di acqua, bottiglie di Acqua…even the garden hose. I ragazzi hanno dragginato Izzy nella piscina. Era caos. Absolutamente. Nick e io ha inzuppato. Le sue scarpe erano troppo bagnati per a piedi quindi l’ho prestato i miei flipflops (or thongs as they say in Aussie land) e m’ha datto un trasporto a cavalcioni. Midori was feeling a bit left out quindi l’ho datto un trasporto a cavalcioni anche.

Alle 8.30, era la cena: molto beefy burgers. Ho scorperto che Ton come mio è “un movie guy.” Abbiamo passato molto tempo parliamo di movies. Abbiamo visto molto di stesso films e ha visto dei films piu vecchi per essempio Jack Lemmon o Sergio Leone. E ha 13 anni! Anche m’ha chiesto si dovreste guardare The Sopranos. Forse quando è piu maggiorie…ma ha guardato Dexter ancora…

Allora, dopo la cena, ho finito the rest of my notes. Ho incorraggiato Mattia per continuare giocare il scaachi, complimented Leo’s fluency, ha ricordato Ela che è la Renna della roccha e ho detto Gio che serà nella NBA un giorno. È tutto per penultimo Giorno di Angloville, Italia. Era un Giorno dei presentazione, battaglie di aqua e il capo nuovo.