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Darstarr
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I remember in someones TR their pictures did not show up and someone else gave them some info as to who to contact. Does anyone recognize themselves in this story
My pictures did not show up and I could now use that information as to who to contact. Anyone?
My pictures did not show up and I could now use that information as to who to contact. Anyone?
ajrwdwgirl
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I remember in someones TR their pictures did not show up and someone else gave them some info as to who to contact. Does anyone recognize themselves in this story
When I have had some photopass pictures not show up I have emailed them with the name of attraction, date, approximate time, and what I was wearing in the picture and usually they have been able to find the picture. This is what I have used, it is on the main website. https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/help/email/
Darstarr
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Excellent! Thanks @ajrwdwgirl !!!
Songbird76
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Good morning!! So....pictures from Italy. The kids are staying for a week with host families in Pistoia and then their "Twins" from Pistoia will come here in September.
Her host family took her out for Pizza the first night and then her "twin" took her to hang out with local teens, but she said it was a group of more than 50 teens, all drinking and smoking and she felt really uncomfortable so she asked her twin if they could leave, and she took her to a "slightly less creepy dark alley place".
Pistoia
Yesterday they went to Florence, which is only an hour away, I guess? They went to the Uffizi museum and she took pictures, mostly of Greek Mythology paintings.
Her host family took her out for Pizza the first night and then her "twin" took her to hang out with local teens, but she said it was a group of more than 50 teens, all drinking and smoking and she felt really uncomfortable so she asked her twin if they could leave, and she took her to a "slightly less creepy dark alley place".
Pistoia
Yesterday they went to Florence, which is only an hour away, I guess? They went to the Uffizi museum and she took pictures, mostly of Greek Mythology paintings.
Songbird76
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Florence, Continued....
This is just a replica/copy. They didn't have time to go to the real one. She said they sell all sorts of souvenier stuff with just the David's genitals on it. She didn't manage to get a picture of any of it. The Medusa shield is by Carravaggio
The annunciation by Verrocchio and Da Vinci
Left appears to be a Raphael, though I can't figure out which one. Right is a Michelangelo...Tondo Doni?
This one I couldn't find with Google lens, so I have no idea who painted it.
Adoration of the Magi by Da Vinci
Birth of Venus by Botticelli
Slightly blurry. The Seven Virtues, one of which is painted by Botticelli, the rest by some other studio that I think started with a P?
I don't remember what this one was called, but it's by Giovanni Bellini
This is just a replica/copy. They didn't have time to go to the real one. She said they sell all sorts of souvenier stuff with just the David's genitals on it. She didn't manage to get a picture of any of it. The Medusa shield is by Carravaggio
The annunciation by Verrocchio and Da Vinci
Left appears to be a Raphael, though I can't figure out which one. Right is a Michelangelo...Tondo Doni?
This one I couldn't find with Google lens, so I have no idea who painted it.
Adoration of the Magi by Da Vinci
Birth of Venus by Botticelli
Slightly blurry. The Seven Virtues, one of which is painted by Botticelli, the rest by some other studio that I think started with a P?
I don't remember what this one was called, but it's by Giovanni Bellini
Songbird76
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Florence continued...
Spring, by Botticelli
Hermes/Mercury by Jacopo zucchi
Her host mom made pasta last night. Spaghetti with tomato and basil, but she didn't help so she could learn to make it for me when she gets home.
She said it was really good.
She said that the food is really good, but her host family is surprised by how little she eats. They packed her two big sandwiches of Foccacia bread with some sort of ham and cheese, like maybe prosciutto and provolone I think she said? She said they have like a million types of ham and they are very choosy about it. Anyway, they packed her these two big sandwiches, plus an apple and something else, but she was stuffed after just one sandwich and they didn't understand how she could be full already. We video chatted last night for a while, though her voice is still a bit weak. She said communication is hard because her "twin's" english isn't great, so they are using a lot of google translate or hand gestures to communicate. But she's having fun and her host family is really nice. They've been concerned about her coughing and contacted her teachers to ask if they should take her to a doctor, but she's mostly fine. Just recovering from a bug (not covid, we checked, and she wore a mask while she was sick) and the cough just won't go away. Wednesday her host family is taking her to Pisa, and Thursday all the kids go to Lucca.
Spring, by Botticelli
Hermes/Mercury by Jacopo zucchi
Her host mom made pasta last night. Spaghetti with tomato and basil, but she didn't help so she could learn to make it for me when she gets home.
She said it was really good.She said that the food is really good, but her host family is surprised by how little she eats. They packed her two big sandwiches of Foccacia bread with some sort of ham and cheese, like maybe prosciutto and provolone I think she said? She said they have like a million types of ham and they are very choosy about it. Anyway, they packed her these two big sandwiches, plus an apple and something else, but she was stuffed after just one sandwich and they didn't understand how she could be full already. We video chatted last night for a while, though her voice is still a bit weak. She said communication is hard because her "twin's" english isn't great, so they are using a lot of google translate or hand gestures to communicate. But she's having fun and her host family is really nice. They've been concerned about her coughing and contacted her teachers to ask if they should take her to a doctor, but she's mostly fine. Just recovering from a bug (not covid, we checked, and she wore a mask while she was sick) and the cough just won't go away. Wednesday her host family is taking her to Pisa, and Thursday all the kids go to Lucca.
Songbird76
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Lunch today: Pasta Pesto. Her team won the scavenger hunt and she won a tshirt, but she didn't send a picture. And there was a miscommunication and they went to Pisa today, not Wednesday. She said that the ice cream was the best ever.
Songbird76
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E just sent a few more pictures. Apparently they were on the news there because of the exchange. There was a welcome ceremony by the mayor, and they all look SOOOO bored.
The front row and the guy on the right looking up, wearing a red hoodie are all part of her friend group.
Rowie, Joel?? (I think), E, Rianne, and Aquin.
Tonight's dinner was Pasta with Prosciutto and some Meatballs with a tomato sauce. She said the mom explained how to make the meatballs, so she thinks she'll be able to make them.
Tomorrow they are going to the beach.
The front row and the guy on the right looking up, wearing a red hoodie are all part of her friend group.
Rowie, Joel?? (I think), E, Rianne, and Aquin.
Tonight's dinner was Pasta with Prosciutto and some Meatballs with a tomato sauce. She said the mom explained how to make the meatballs, so she thinks she'll be able to make them.
Tomorrow they are going to the beach.
ajrwdwgirl
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We call the shape of that pasta wagon wheels! It’s been a long time
Since I’ve had that shape pasta, it’s fun! Sounds like she is having a good experience.
Wagon wheels are my hubby’s absolute favorite, since childhood. Whenever we see them in a shop, we grab a bag (or box)
All the food that @Songbird76 is posting looks great. I was excited to see the wagon wheels, and what I’m guessing is gemelli with pesto looks pretty darn good too.
FutureCEO
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Pasta with
Seriously, I hate ham because of the salt but I just can't get of prosciutto. I can't help myself.
Songbird76
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So they went to Piza on Tuesday instead of Thursday, and they went to the Beach on Wednesday. She didn't send me any pictures of the beach, so I'm hoping she'll have a few when she gets home tomorow. But, her "twin" took a picture on the bus coming home. The beach wore them OUT! Their train to come back got canceled, and the next one didn't come for an hour, so they took a bus instead. Her twin was sitting between her and Aquin, both of whom fell sound asleep. But look at that scenery in the back window!!!
When they got home, she helped make dinner. Not sure exactly what it is, but she said it involved mushrooms, garlic, and bread, so I approve. She said she'll make it when she gets home.
Then yesterday the did an activity at the school and she got to fly a drone. I hope there will be pictures later. Then they were walking back somewhere and crossed a street and I know none of you have MET us, but we are clumsy. She stepped wrong when she tried to get back on the sidewalk and fell on her knees. Then when she tried to get up, she didn't have her balance and she fell face-first and ate some sidewalk. She's ok, but has some scrapes.
Then they went to Lucca. There were no scheduled activities. They just got to go walk around as long as they weren't alone. So she went with her friends and walked along the wall. She said there wasn't much to do, but it doesn't look like they actually LOOKED for things to do. Joel, Rowie, Bjarne, and E.
You can't see the scrapes in that one, so it's not TOO bad. The wall:
They got some ice cream. She said it wasn't the BEST stuff, but it was good. Chocolate and cream with nutella.
On the train ride back? She sent me this because there was a rainbow, but I couldn't see the rainbow at first and thought she was sending me a picture of the mcDonalds. She had said they were having carbonara, roasted potatoes, and some kind of meat for dinner, so I was confused because I was pretty sure that wasn't McDonalds fare. But she was just showing me the rainbow.
Carbonara
meat and "Happy potatoes. VERY happy potatoes" according to her.
Apparently on the train ride back, all the Dutch kids were singing this really annoying but funny song about a guy visiting his girlfriend by train and everything keeps going wrong. He gets up really early to catch the first train, but it's delayed and now he'll have less time with her. Then he finally gets on the train and gets there and doesn't see her. He thinks she didn't come. But then he sees her and everything is great and he runs to her. The train leaves and he spends the night with her and well, there are some inuendos about the rhythm of the train. She sent me a video but I can't post videos here, but they were all singing along with the song.
Today was a sport day....she is like her parents. Not very athletic. I love her facial expression.
She said the Gym was the ONLY nice looking thing about their whole school. She said it looked like a prison otherwise and the bathrooms were nasty and they didn't even have one on every floor. I told her they are going to be shocked when they come here and see her school, which to be fair is nicer than most high schools I've seen in the Netherlands. A's school is in a really old building with no AC, there's no Gym, and we thought it was probably a historical building, but I guess it must not be because the City is trying to find another building for them so they can raze this one to build houses. But anyway, most of the schools here look really run down compared to the ones in Wyoming. Maybe that's not indicative of most schools in the US, because I know my high school wasn't built until the 1980s so it was newer, but I don't remember ever seeing a school that was run down there. Here, there's no custodial staff at a school. They hire a service to come empty trash and sweep once a day, but that's it. I remember when I was in school, we had a fulltime custodial staff that was there while we were in classes. If someone spilled in the cafeteria, the custodians would be called to clean it. And they had to vacuum/mop every classroom at the end of the day and there was an evening crew that cleaned stuff every day after the students left. Our school was always really well-kept. I'm curious to know if that is just a Wyoming thing or if you all had similar experiences with your schools, kids' schools, etc. In the summer, they always completely deep cleaned everything....steam clean the carpets, strip, mop, and wax the floors, scrub every desk and chair, scrape gum off everything, clean cabinets and shelves, etc. They don't do that here, and I don't think the schools ever get deep-cleaned. I don't know that E's school has ever been mopped, where it would have been done every day in my school. Is that normal?
Today is Mushroom Risotto for lunch, but she is still helping to make it, so no picture yet.
When they got home, she helped make dinner. Not sure exactly what it is, but she said it involved mushrooms, garlic, and bread, so I approve. She said she'll make it when she gets home.
Then yesterday the did an activity at the school and she got to fly a drone. I hope there will be pictures later. Then they were walking back somewhere and crossed a street and I know none of you have MET us, but we are clumsy. She stepped wrong when she tried to get back on the sidewalk and fell on her knees. Then when she tried to get up, she didn't have her balance and she fell face-first and ate some sidewalk. She's ok, but has some scrapes.
Then they went to Lucca. There were no scheduled activities. They just got to go walk around as long as they weren't alone. So she went with her friends and walked along the wall. She said there wasn't much to do, but it doesn't look like they actually LOOKED for things to do. Joel, Rowie, Bjarne, and E.
You can't see the scrapes in that one, so it's not TOO bad. The wall:
They got some ice cream. She said it wasn't the BEST stuff, but it was good. Chocolate and cream with nutella.
On the train ride back? She sent me this because there was a rainbow, but I couldn't see the rainbow at first and thought she was sending me a picture of the mcDonalds. She had said they were having carbonara, roasted potatoes, and some kind of meat for dinner, so I was confused because I was pretty sure that wasn't McDonalds fare. But she was just showing me the rainbow.
Carbonara
meat and "Happy potatoes. VERY happy potatoes" according to her.
Apparently on the train ride back, all the Dutch kids were singing this really annoying but funny song about a guy visiting his girlfriend by train and everything keeps going wrong. He gets up really early to catch the first train, but it's delayed and now he'll have less time with her. Then he finally gets on the train and gets there and doesn't see her. He thinks she didn't come. But then he sees her and everything is great and he runs to her. The train leaves and he spends the night with her and well, there are some inuendos about the rhythm of the train. She sent me a video but I can't post videos here, but they were all singing along with the song.
Today was a sport day....she is like her parents. Not very athletic. I love her facial expression.
She said the Gym was the ONLY nice looking thing about their whole school. She said it looked like a prison otherwise and the bathrooms were nasty and they didn't even have one on every floor. I told her they are going to be shocked when they come here and see her school, which to be fair is nicer than most high schools I've seen in the Netherlands. A's school is in a really old building with no AC, there's no Gym, and we thought it was probably a historical building, but I guess it must not be because the City is trying to find another building for them so they can raze this one to build houses. But anyway, most of the schools here look really run down compared to the ones in Wyoming. Maybe that's not indicative of most schools in the US, because I know my high school wasn't built until the 1980s so it was newer, but I don't remember ever seeing a school that was run down there. Here, there's no custodial staff at a school. They hire a service to come empty trash and sweep once a day, but that's it. I remember when I was in school, we had a fulltime custodial staff that was there while we were in classes. If someone spilled in the cafeteria, the custodians would be called to clean it. And they had to vacuum/mop every classroom at the end of the day and there was an evening crew that cleaned stuff every day after the students left. Our school was always really well-kept. I'm curious to know if that is just a Wyoming thing or if you all had similar experiences with your schools, kids' schools, etc. In the summer, they always completely deep cleaned everything....steam clean the carpets, strip, mop, and wax the floors, scrub every desk and chair, scrape gum off everything, clean cabinets and shelves, etc. They don't do that here, and I don't think the schools ever get deep-cleaned. I don't know that E's school has ever been mopped, where it would have been done every day in my school. Is that normal?
Today is Mushroom Risotto for lunch, but she is still helping to make it, so no picture yet.
Songbird76
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She said there's a weird machine they put everything into and it mixes everything for you, etc...it's called a Thermomix.
en.m.wikipedia.org
And here's the finished product.
Thermomix - Wikipedia
And here's the finished product.
Swissmiss
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She said there's a weird machine they put everything into and it mixes everything for you, etc...it's called a Thermomix.
Thermomix - Wikipedia
And here's the finished product.
View attachment 711543
I know some people with a thermomix - they all swear by them, but ouch! They are not cheap. It is essentially a food processor on steroids.
Wicked Sisters
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Where we live the comprehensive school which is the equivalent of the US High school is cleaned every night and before the students go back after summer holidays all the rooms get a deep clean.
sheriffwoody
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Regarding the schools, all of ours in my area (TN) aren't newer or nice, but it's standard to have a custodial staff. My high school was less than a decade old, so it was actually pretty nice. Also, love seeing pictures from Italy. Only been to Rome and Venice, but I loved it. Had Carbonara in Rome and it was my fav meal I had over there.
Darstarr
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Songbird76
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I'd never heard of it. She said it was so cool! But I have to admit, so many of those kitchen gadgets are SO hard to clean that I'd rather do the work to make it without the gadget because it takes more effort to clean it than it saved me.