When do we sleep?

After some very much needed sleep, a stone cold shower in a stall custom built for the people of munchkin city, and an apple for breakfast, we started day 2. Today was a rehearsal day as, after all, the concerts started tomorrow. So we were picked up by Gianluca, and driven the 45 minutes from Iglesias to Assemini where we rehearsed for most of the day at Gianlucas Family's house.




After rehearsal we had been invited to the home of Gianni e Ana Rosa, just three blocks away. Gianni is a potter. He is 4th generation, and his work is fantastic. He does everything from lamps, to plates and cups, tiles, frames, large bowls, and these large elaborate traditional plates. His work can be found all over Sardegna. Gianni is also very talented. He has a wonderful voice, he rhymes whenever he speaks, and is one of the funniest people I have ever met. So we were at his house, and the house of his equally spirited wife, AnaRosa.
After the antipast0 (first course), someone suggested we each go around and say the Our Father in the language of our native country. We started with Italian, then Sardo (the native language of Sardegna), Russian, Spanish, French, Polish (similar to Russian), English... Well, then Gianni decided to demonstrate the Our Father... first in Japanese, then in JIHAD. This is Video of his jihad 'Our Father'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VNRLmycszs . That is Gianni in a nutshell. Always joking, smiling, and, with his wife, welcoming new friends to the table. By the time dinner was over, it was well into the morning of day 3. It is impossible to end dinners like this when they are given. There is always another course, or something to sing, or a dance to be danced, or a story to be told. On this night, after six courses, after Mirto (dessert liquor), one of our new friends, Sergio, was invited to play his insturment, the Launeddas. It is a beautiful instrument, the instrument of Sardegna. It dates back as far as 1700 BC.
Finally, after all the talking, toasting, eating, laughing, dancing, and a final toast, we were able to sneak away, back to Iglesias, and rest for the concerts the next two nights.