THe perfect picture....

The morning was basically spent just relaxing and sleeping.  David and Lindsay were the first to be at the train station, so Mattea walked them there while Nick got ready to leave.  Nick and I then went for a walk to see a church he heard was beautiful, Santa Croce.  It really was beautiful, though the front was in scaffolding.  They were about to have mass, but we were able to walk around and see some of the inside.  It is Baroque style, which is very ornate and beautiful. 

 

 

 

 

So then Mattea met us near the McDonald's, and we had 20 minutes to get Nick to the train station before his train left in like 16ish...so, we booked it to the train station.  Mattea ran off to get Nick one of the traditional treats from Lecce, and we walked to his platform.  She came running up with it, and he was able to eat it while he waited to get on the train that was not leaving just that minute.  Then, as he had to get on the train, he picked me up to hug me!  Mattea tried to get a picture, but then made us do it again, and this was the result...one of my favorite pictures of all time!

So, Nick boarded his train, it pulled away, and Mattea and I started making our way back to her apartment.  We stopped to get one of the pasticciotto from "the best place", which was actually a place Nick and I tried to peek our heads into to get him something to eat, but left with nothing.  So, we ate and walked, and took a few pictures on the way back to her hotel.

 

We made it back to the apartment, sat and talked to Andrea and Zeno a bit, and then we headed out to find some lunch before they had to leave for Rome.  We went to this place Mattea had been wanting to try, and this guy came up and was trying to sell us bracelets and stuff, and when we would not buy them, he called us racists.  We moved inside, ordered our food, waited a while, finally got our food, ate (pretty decent food...had a caprese salad with a ton of meat...Zeno finished off my lunch for me), and then we left.  We went and saw the Piazza Duomo and Zeno and Mattea were messing around and having fun...or getting beat up...here are the results:

We also saw the town symbol, the wolf.  If you step on it, you will fail your exams!

Me, Mattea, & Andrea

We got some pastries that Andrea wanted to try and headed back to the apartment.  We all tried some and then they had to go to the train station.  First, we watched some wedding dress shows...that was funny!  So, we walked them to the train station, and then we did a little "sightseeing"!  She showed me some of the beautiful things in Lecce, we walked to the shopping area, we peeked in some stores, and just our time walking around.  It was so nice to just walk and talk with Mattea; I love that girl! 

 SO, we went back to the apartment, rested a bit, then eventually went to dinner with her friends.  On our way there, my momma called to say that she is going to Brazil on a mission trip!  Then, we had sandwiches for dinner...it was good!  Her two friends were really sweet, and the restaurant was an old theatre, so I loved that.  Then we went back and she worked on a lesson plan and we went to sleep!