week seven monday

Turns out the Monday after Easter is a national holiday in Italy. Everything is closed except for the restaurants. It is not a day for planned activities. We will have to reschedule our excursions scheduled for today till another day. The students were crestfallen to hear this. Everyone enjoyed the day off. But, as it turns out, the cook has the day off. Danilo informs me that it is traditional to have a BBQ on this day. I'm looking around for the gas grill, but no, Italians do it the old fashioned way with charcoal. This means that dinner will be at least an hour late because the charcoal wasn't started early enough. Then, once the fire is ready Danilo announces that he and Sara have to run and pick up the rest of the food. So, guess who becomes the chef. We had BBQ chicken, sausages and some beef steaks cooked on the charcoal. It was very nice, but I was too busy cooking and eating to take any pictures. It has been seven weeks since any of us tasted BBQ chicken. I forgot how good it tastes.