-A European Adventure-: Italy: Part Three

We are at the beginning of day six. This wonderful experience went from amazing to hard work very quickly. To give you an idea of how crazy our schedule has been, here is a short list to summarize it. In the last 2 days, we had 4 shows. In those 4 shows, I had 18 costume changes, 11 makeup changes and 4 hair changes. Thats a lot of changing and dancing!

We arrived in Rendo, Italy this afternoon. Its been interesting seeing the difference in personalities. While we were in Catania and other surrounding cities, I noticed that people were very welcoming and gracious. In Rendo, people are a little bit more stuck up. I also noticed (and think its interesting) that Italians know LESS English than Croatians. Communication has been much harder here. I definitely find myself pointing and using wild gestures a lot.

I just tried my first Italian pizza and gelato. IT WAS AMAZING! I don't know how I am ever going to eat pizza anywhere else again. They really know how its done here!

As for the performances, it has been hard finding the energy to perform day after day and with NO breaks. Its also hard to have to perform after sitting on a bus for hours and hours. However, when I am on stage, I look around and think about how lucky I am that I get to share a stage with such beautiful and talented dancers!