Bibione, the beach of golden sand!

So yesterday was my first half day! The weather was the best it's been so far! Perfectly warm and not too humid and all sun! We started by hitting up the local tuesday market which is only like a ten minute walk from base! It was absolutely incredible as there were stands everywhere selling things from clothes to birds to food to trinkets! I am absolutely in love with the atmosphere here, the buildings, the people, the smells! I bought some flowers for my friend brooke since she couldn't make it to the market and needed some flowers and I got a small, gorgeous purple orchid with it! We could only stay for a short while since we all had to be back by 8:45am. At this time we walked over to the youth center and did our blitz (5 camp songs), a skit and presented some pool rules. It went really well and then we headed to the pool thinking we had to work 9-2! We get there and are told that we don't have to work until 12:45! So what do we do for 3 hours....go back to the market of course!!! So Dom, Karen and I headed to the market and just walked around checking out every booth. Dom got some cherries, Karen got some sausage and some cheese. I then found the watch I've been looking for which normally goes for $20 in the states and got it for 4 euro. But then was told it was not waterproof but I kept it anyways since I really needed a watch! A few stands later we come across more watches that look like the ones I want and this time they say waterproof so I dropped another 5 euro for this cute white, waterproof watch! It kinda stunk that I bought two watches but hey now I have one for Italy time, and one California time! :) After the market we headed back to the pool to do some "work" finally! We get there and they are having us do swim testing and life jacket fitting! I was helping with the deep water swim test and it was no problem at all! After all the kids went through the swim test that needed it, we were done, so we were able to go back home! That night everyone had a BBQ where these two 18 yrs old airboys grilled for us! It was super fun and hilarious hanging with so many people! My group then decided we wanted to go to the beach tomorrow and wanted to drink some beer and tan, so Dom and I walked over to the shoppette by the pool and I purchased my first thing of alcohol ever! After the BBQ my friend and I went to a local bar and watched the Argentina and Greece world cup game! We ended up sitting and the chef's table and talking with them the whole night! So overall that turned out to be such an amazing day!

Today, we headed to the beach! Since we didn't really plan when everyone was going to leave it was kind of jumbled this morning! Karen, Kari, Taylor and Heather left at 7:30 and went to go catch the bus. Dom and I left somewhere around 8:30 am and caught the 9am bus to Perdonone. When we got there we ran into the rest of the group which was funny since we left an hour and half after them! haha! We then took another bus to Bibione which was about an hour and half bus ride! When we got there it was about a ten minute walk to the beach where we walked all the way up to the front and laid our towels down. They had rows and rows of umbrellas and chairs that I think were reserved for the people in the hotels and behind them was a little fenced area that had volleyball courts and basketball courts and a little soccer area! Dom brought a soccer ball so we kicked that around for a while and then played some "horse" on the basketball court. I won the first game, and then he came back and won the second and third unfortunately. This was all in the sand which made things a little harder and truthfully I'm a little sore! We all tanned for a while and then did some wading in the water! This beach was absolutely incredible! The sand was a perfect warm and soft and golden, and the water was cold but not freezing....everything was perfect! The weather was also wonderful, it was hot and sunny, no clouds in sight, and there was a slight little breeze keeping us cool! After we got our fill of the beach we headed into Bibione for some food and found this pizza place which made us a fresh sausage and cheese pizza which we all split! We then went exploring through all the wonderful little shops they had in their downtown area where I bought a spinning thumb ring which I had been looking for, for several years, for only 3 euro! Our bus then came at 6:45 where we got on with a bunch of high schoolers yelling and screaming! Luckily I was blessed with the ability to sleep, no matter what, in a moving vehicle, so I just slept through it all the way home! We finally got back to the dorms around 9pm caught up with a few people and now am off to bed once again because Venezia (Venice) lies ahead for us tomorrow! Buono Sera!