Finally our president is back in Salvador!!! and what better way to welcome him than a tasty spaghetti dinner, prepared by our guests Vittorio and Giuseppina? Saturday evening was the right momento to both celebrate the arrival of Pietro and to salute Vittorio and Giuseppina, and Stefano (from ARCI in Reggio Emilia), who were leaving the next day, and also to welcome our affectionate friends Maddalena and Elisa who were passing through Salvador for a few days, mixing tourism with their usual help and support at the Institute. Last Saturday with Giuseppina we gave a fun Italian lession to the girls in the intermediate level, concentrating on an exchange with the Italian students that Giuseppina teaches in a Rome elementary school. The Italian students sent postcards to their new Brazilian friends and on Saturday, after reading them all together, we decided to answer them and make some drawings to send to Italy. Thanks to Giuseppina for organizing this cultural and linguistic exchange between our students. We hope that the contact is lasting and productive for kids on both sides.
Before they took off on their flight to Recife, on Wednesday evening Maddalena and Elisa led the Italian students in the preparation and above all, in the tasting of, a fabulous Italian pizza!!!!
In the meantime, work goes on incessantly on the restructuring and rennovation of the Institute, thanks to the tireless efforts of Richard and Ricardo, assisted even by Augusto… tearing down a wall so that now the Hapkido room has a lot more space and it can also be used for our cineforum and for the numerous events that we always have the energy to organize!!!!
In short, the ICBIE is always going full throttle!!!!!
A hug from Ribeira
Marcella
