We traveled about 3 1/2 hours from Bari to Fiuggi which is quite close to Rome for a YSA Single's conference and party. We got there on Friday the 30th and went home on the 1st. We all stayed in one hotel and we were the only people there so we took over all the rooms--and didn't need to be quiet either night after midnight....hmmmm....The hotel catered every meal and cleaned everything after so it was a great deal for the people that organized it. They had classes for the day on Saturday or they could just go exploring--whatever they wanted. The classes were so interesting--one of the instructors was our Bishop Valentini who is the South Italy Institute director as well as Ugo Perego who is the Institute director for all of Italy. On Friday night they had a dance and the kids painted their faces and arms with neon paint that glowed under the black light. Chris and the Bishop were the bar guys who made "mocktails" for everyone.--they could choose from: "RM", "Gadianton Robber", "Mormonito". On Saturday night--New Year's Eve they had a 20's theme and lots of the kids
came dressed in 20's style. I was so happy to see so many participate in costume. They had appetizers and stood around while a few different people sang with someone playing piano for them. The atmosphere was perfect!
Then they danced until midnight , rang in the New Year with lots of baci and we were ready to say goodnight--but no--it was time for a huge meal. We went into the dining room and they fed us pasta, turkey, etc etc...Great fun!
Happy New Year !!!
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