Evy LaVelle in Sardinia

 The last technical visit for our dialogue was at a recycled paper mill. The facility receives paper that comes from recycling bins. It is basically mixed with water until it forms a mushy pulp. Then it is spread out onto a sheet and dried to make paper. It was really fun to see all of the machines and how they work. Everything in facility was exposed so we could see every step of the paper making process. The end product was impure white paper with little specks on black and grey in it. The paper mill sells these rolls of paper to manufacturers, as well as making their own paper products. We got to see their machine that makes their own paper bags with their flamingo logo on it! We even got to take two different types of bags for ourself. The paper mill was one of the least smelly and most exciting technical visit of the trip! Here are some photos I took there:

 This weekend trip started with all you can eat sushi. It was delicious. Although I love Italian food, I am getting tired of it. I miss spicy foods and foods with seasoning. Having the sushi was really nice. Then we took a bus into the mountain. It was a beautiful ride up through the mountains where I could look down on the valley. When we got out I immediately smelled the mountain air and I was so excited for the next few days. We started our hike down to Gorropu Canyon. On the way down we saw cows and huts where shepherds used to live. We finally got down into the canyon and it was amazing. The walls were so high on either side of me and it made me dizzy. We got to see a climbing route where Alex Honnold recently climbed.  We were brought out of the canyon by jeeps. It felt like the ending of naked and afraid when the survivors finally get to their "extraction point" and hot into a jeep to be driven out of the wilderness. Then we exited the canyon and headed to the next hot

 This weekend's trip was very eventful. First we took a bus to Sinis where a rock festival was happening. On the way we stopped at a rest area where I have had the best coffee and cappuccino in Italy yet! We were all laughing and talking about how the area we were in looked just like the United States. Every time we leave Cagliari I feel like I am in the central valley of California because of the agriculture and cows. We walked around the town and had a delicious lunch. Then we went to a cool beach with a place to cliff jump. It was about 35 feet high and a little scary to get to. Actually jumping wasn't the hardest part for me. Walking along the jagged cliff before jumping was the hardest part. Then we went to out hotel and had fish dinner. We finished the night by drinking Ichnusas and walking along the beach. The next day we took a small boat to a tiny island. We were the only people on it! Seagulls nest on the island and they were very aggressive. I tried to explore the is