I have quite a few American friends nearby, which is a great thing. Because for all that it's neat and wonderful to live in a foreign country . . . it's also really nice to have people you can talk to in your own language and who share your cultural background.
Some of these good friends are spouses of Boeing employees who are working on a collaborative project with an Italian company in this area. Four of their children have finished high school this year. Two attended an international school and have actually graduated. The other two attended local Italian high schools and will not have confirmation of having earned their diplomas until they have passed a battery of examinations over the next few weeks.
In Italy graduations are conducted completely differently from in the US. There's no formal ceremony, no caps or gowns. So, these families wanted to give their kids a celebration similar to what they would have had, had they been graduating at home in the States.
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| The graduates! |
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| Sometimes I really hate being gluten-intolerant! |
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| Sister love! |
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| A friend sandwich . . . the best kind! |
One of the fathers made this toast which I thought was quite nice and, although he said he was drawing on his engineering background, it sounded quite spiritual to me . . .
We are all energy and we never end . . . so let's take over the world!
3 comments:
gluten-intolerant! In Italy!? You have my sympathy :-(
It ain't easy, that's for sure! ;-)
Looks like everyone had a great time!
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