sept 18 was by far THE craziest day of the entire season. there were 20 people in and out of the office and trips checking in and out all over the place. there was biking equipment EVERYWHERE and luggage exploding all over the place but it was nice to see a lot of familiar faces...and many more new ones!
for lunch, the office put together a nice big buffet for all the visiting guides. marianna survived the grocery shopping experience with flying colours (ordering all that prosciutto was impressive!) and we got to work. i made my wildly popular potato salad, and we had piles of cheese and meats and caprese and fruit! it was PERFECT!
for lunch, the office put together a nice big buffet for all the visiting guides. marianna survived the grocery shopping experience with flying colours (ordering all that prosciutto was impressive!) and we got to work. i made my wildly popular potato salad, and we had piles of cheese and meats and caprese and fruit! it was PERFECT!
the beauty of all those trips coming in...fresh fruit!
look at that spread! go mariana!
that is one big plate of caprese!
lisa, alex and tabita
chris is so in love with alessio
i told you in was wildly popular!
beer o'clock
THEN, after work, we decided to throw grace and gianni a surprise wedding celebration. complete with balloons and heart shaped watermelon. they were SHOCKED and super happy about it. nothing like a surprise wedding to lift the spirits of 20 guides! (grace is chris' manager here at the office and the same day that doug and erin got married, grace and gianni got hitched in arezzo...they didn't tell ANYONE - even though melissa and kim eventually found out - and it was just them and their 2 sets of parents...cute!).
kim's cat even showed up :)
kim's cat even showed up :)
kim was so happy!
nathan was our artist extraordinaire
grace, alice and courtney
this summed up our evening - masks, balls and prosecco
heart shaped watermelons!
alessio and vicki look like they're being naughty
grace, gianni, alice and courtney
vicki and tabita
THEN, we went out for dinner. lots of yummy food, lots of awesome company, and lots of wine. good times!
our MASSIVE dinner party
roasted potatoes (i get them everywhere i can)
alex explaining soccer to bepe??
doesn't bepe look like anthony hopkins?!
THEN, we had a tequila dance party back at the office! it was a really awesome night! unforgettable!
alice WAS michael jackson in that moment
chris was double fisting...his mouth was so full of beer
nathan always had the prosecco
kim, mariana, alice and grace
kim and vicki were dancing up a storm!
