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so perhaps I have not posted in a long while. I'm very busy get over it. This weekend I visited Marco and Floriana on sunday. WE went to eat lunch in santo lago, up high in the mountains. Great views on the way up of Pisa and Calci, especially cool in the eveniong with all of the lights.

I have been going to quite a number of concerts, I think that there is one concert every night, and I am in the midst of memorizing lots of music. I really like all that I am singing. My Figaro Scene is really fun, I wish that you guys could see it, I get to laugh and prance around making fun of Marcellina.

Both Ryan and Nina are coming this weekend, I am really quite excited about this. It is crazy to think that I really only hvae three more weekends...heck three more weeks., I think that I will be ready to come home. though I will terribly miss the intensity of all the music that I am foing. I could have inverted the lengths of the two programs that I did and been much happier...although I have much better italian this way.

Lucca is a pretty little medeval town surrounded by walls. I live in the hostel which is a old converted convent I think. There are highceilings, but it is still quite warm. One thing that I will be very happy to have again is screens. the Italians seem not to believe in them, thusly I have a great deal of nasty nasty bug bites.

Now that it is really hot I am appreciuating the pausa in the middle of the day. I am prefectly hapy to merely sleep come midday. I'm drinking more water than I ever have.

if there is anything important that I need to do before I leave Italy someone please inform me!