So, now it's time again! The month of November draws to a close and it's time to tell again, what's going on here in Sicily so!
Halloween!
in full swing Laura has brought the planning and execution of the Halloween party in our common room. She had a costume ready even for every .. It was a very nice evening, even Giusi, Silvia, Gianluca, Zoran and Kristian were there! More in the Photo Album ...
pranzo e guerra - Lunch is war
meantime we have come to terms with the fact that we know the lunch menu, which is to last until April next year, by heart. The fact that we can not eat with when cooked dinner for guests and the leftovers are thrown away rather than schonmal left us left is nothing new. What is new is that the austerity of the kitchen has assumed extreme proportions or was it just an oversight? In any case, we were having lunch with, such as 5 young Cos from Munster, which is part of the olive harvest workers group, had received nothing to eat. This may be remember that they arrived a little later or on the calculation of the chefs, who seem to count each noodle. Usually the food at Primo and Secondo Piatti Piatti is divided, so the food would have to make everyone satisfied. However, the Secondo often consists of a cheese plate or sometimes even the ham, which you can then refine his white bread.
is gratifying, however, the innovation that we have a budget get 100 € a month. With this money we can buy food to us, it's not in the kitchen is and we can use for cooking. compared with elsewhere in this budget is rather thin (Volunteers in La Noce in Palermo is available from € 250 not even half of the volunteers) but at least a start.
was also regulated the food supply from the storage room of the kitchen new, so far we had the opportunity to take once a week food too high in our common room. This problem is we now seem to no longer have credited the cooks and determine our needs now, put together by a box of food supplies for us. Whether and how this will work in men's exhibit at :-P
Update: The first shipment we have visited, but one example, 5 liters of milk and 15 eggs for 11 people in a week.
More Weather
A week before the olive harvest began in the rainy season, which is to say that from then on, every now and then let down during the day a little to heavy showers, often fresh in our washed laundry, we out to dry . hang out
We can literally watch the grass grow, where once there was only earth and sand, it spriest now and the inland region of Sicily is green! Of the region around Mount Etna, I am frankly not used to different, here is the rather burnt Riesi have been for specificity.
Otherwise wars until a week ago still so warm that I could walk around in a vest, shorts and slippers. Now, however, it is easier to switch to a sweater, long pants and socks. Our heating system is now running, our rooms are heated for 3 hours in the evening, when isolated, but rather a questionable endeavor.
Last night it was a pleasant 13 degrees as I have my say on the phone that it has at home, minus 6 degrees ;-)
Palermo weekend
the visit of John's sister, we took as a signal to the capital Sicily times closer look. On Friday evening we went wrong with the intercity bus from the Q8 station outside of Riesi to Palermo to the bus station! Another bus and walk a little further, we arrived at "La Noce" on, the partner institution of the Servizio Cristiano in which we can be volunteers free of charge. One of our volunteers, Lia, received us we could get our room. After dinner in the restaurant in 1001 (There was couscous with lamb), I was happy again Fernzusehn in our room, we do have a huge plasma TV in Riesi, but only with 3 programs. Accordingly, it is rarely used ...
Saturday noon gabs breakfast croissants and cafe around the corner, before we opened it, to visit the city. What we have seen it all, you can face See the photos!
After Marcos recommendation and approximate description of the location we were looking then in the evenings, the restaurant "deer". The German name gave us suspect to at least German food, if not to meet German speaking Sicilian, as we encountered in Riesi Restraurant in Nabucco. In the end, it was then "only" Italians have a pretty German decoration and name taken for their restaurant. We ordered us yet Weis beer (which of course can not be compared with the approach the home ;-) and 1 kg spaghetti carbonara for 4 people we fought and lost, there was something left .. On Sunday, there was
then again in Palermo Fast forward, equipped with a map from the information booth, we explored the western part of the city with its parks and attractions. In the evening we went back home by bus to Riesi.
intermediate seminar in Tuscany!
After our office but could not plan the trip / book, we took it in hand. More or less disorganized we booked 6 people together but not in groups. Clemens, Adrian and I decided to employ me, getting the connection in the Internet and to march into the travel agency. The travel agency in Riesi (no idea whether it is the only one) proved to be a room with a desk, two chairs and a few brochures. Behind the counter are entrenched two ladies who sat in front of computer screens.
My first doubts about the competence came on only when the nice lady had entered the third time the wrong departure times, where she has to get all the data we already wrote in a note. Our rescue was then a man who took care of our concerns. By phone and Skype, he communicated with a mysterious "Giusi1313" which he dictated the departure times (which, incidentally, were identical to those I had already found on the internet). Although he undoubtedly had the same Internet access, this woman had to look good all that concerned the trip. After an hour of back and forth, he promised us then for a deposit fee of 50 € to get the tickets tomorrow. My doubts whether all this is quite correct, were gone the next day, we had our tickets in the hands-the best example, as simple as something like a train reservation in Sicily works!
But this can be the title ('Siamo Umani, possiamo anche sbagliare') apply. "We are human and can make mistakes."
went on at 9 16:11:08 clock the train from Catania to Rome, where we missed the connecting train because we were late. We took a short hand for the next train to Empoli and ultimately caught the right train back to Chianti Monteriggioni-only station, the signs and sparsely sown Announcements were made entirely in short, we saw that we only have arrived when it was already too late and went on to a station Badesse, from where Boris us then came back for it :-)
The topics of the week, Immigration & integration of immigrants, the environment and conflict resolution. On Tuesday came the international volunteers have added, on Thursday morning they drove unfortunately returned to their / our bodies. That means we were 23 people + 8 for those days.
The daily schedule was rather more relaxed, at 8:30 gabs breakfast until the last were finished and had brought blankets for the cold conference room could start wars schonmal 9:30 until we. Afternoon, when the sun came out, we used the lawn outside the house in order to discuss the matters in question. We had to imagine the task of our bodies in front of the other volunteers, and we also were able to talk in small groups, each with a team of our situation on the spot with us Riesianern we went inevitably comes to food, for, as Zoran, who lives for over 12 years in the Servizio and our work has already said: just as now, was never saved on food.
were preparing on Wednesday we all get together before our interview questions with which we are now left on Thursday for our day trip to Siena, to inquire of passersby on Emigration. The rest of the day we were able to, I think, very spacious roads and large Building, together with the cathedral and other attractions to visit Siena. In the evening, we evaluated the results of the interviews to various groups and have made us a little insight about public opinion on the subject. (Can = Once you're born, you no longer hide you)
The film "Quando non puoi più nasconderti nato was"
gave us an idea on immigration: It describes how the boy a well-earning industrial sailing into the sea and is being picked up by a fishing boats full of immigrants from different countries. On his return to his father, he hopes that this adopted the boy from Romania and his sister, who had helped him on the boat. A week long
back to his room with many people sharing (up to size 13 rooms), discuss and learn together, cooking and eating together reminded a little of the initial seminar in Gianna Vella-but even if it was not the same. Everyone has done in these 4 months abroad, its own experience and to some extent shaped his personality. The initial euphoria can and uncertainty of the new force can not achieve, but that does not mean that one is not happy to see the others again and returns with a new motivation in his place to the rest of the time with new expectations and joy to look forward. On Friday we went
for Clemens, Adrian and I then go up 18 clock, along with the Palermo-volunteers. The three transfers ran smoothly, in Florence, we were able to visit during the waiting period, the better delivery Cathedral, located near the train station.
The ride home was spent in a sleeping compartment, but we were by 9 clock in the morning already awakened by a police control and shortly afterwards the Putzkollone came to us to steal the pillows and blankets. Past wars with sleep and so we got the 2 hour delay with significantly, apparently they had problems with on / unloading of the train from the ferry (Calabria / Messina).
had with our late Anna and John, then wait for us which are separately driven from Riesi Acireale with several buses from the daily grind for a day to escape and to get good food with my uncle and German Fernsehn:-D On Sunday afternoon we drove back home.
run after this week-long interruption in the work by our volunteers Servizio Cristiano is back, and especially in kindergarten, there are currently more or less exciting. As in 3 weeks and a performance of place with the children, already run the necessary preparations to get where the nursery volunteer a little variety. And escape is already 2 days after the so-called "Recital" We get cold Riesi into the even colder Germany to us about good food to spoil what is surely pleased all been endless!
Until then we enjoy the last weeks of the year here in Riesi - in anticipation of the holiday home!
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