Early morning walks, interesting people, amazing horse shows... Oh My!!!

So this morning began with an 8 a.m. walk with the also infamous John Rose whose escapades into the here and yon are legendary. Said walk lasted 2 hours and I got some beautiful pictures which will be posted at a future date. Although the hour was early, the weather was so nice. After the walk I came back and crashed for about an hour and a half. Then a bunch of us watched Casanova which is set in Venice (how very appropriate, don't you think?). Afterward, Sam, Vi, Jenna, and I made our way over to the PAM (grocery store) where we met a local man who spoke a little English and highly enjoyed speaking to us even if we didn''t exactly return the fervor. Oh well. Lastly, I saw one of the most amazing things tonight. There was an equestrian show in the piazza that was totally wicked. I mean they did things that would make me faint. One guy was riding a horse and had a massive jump rope THAT WAS ON FIRE AND THE HORSE WAS JUMPING OVER IT! THE HORSE WAS SKIPPING ROPE WITH A MAN ON HIS BACK AND BURNING FLAMES UNDER HIM!!!!!!!!!! Holy. Woah. They were bowing and dancing and playing dead and all kinds of crazy mess. Speaking of crazy messes, I need to sleep now. Ciao!