Monday, September 29, 2008

Once again the Mormon community is very small


Friday afternoon we are strolling about the town when we discover this huge chess tournament. They had this larger than life size board in the middle with intense matches going on and then a whole bunch of chess boards set up on the side. While standing around watching we ran into this group of guys who just happen to be Mormon BYU graduates haha. I find it hilarious how this small traveling band of gentleman that were in Siena for the afternoon found the few Mormons that are actually in the city. Friday nights in Siena for Mormons usually consist of eating gelato and hanging out. We invited the guys if they were still around later to join us. Surprise surprise we all met back in the campo later that night. I think I had one of my most typical BYU nights not even in Provo. The suggestion to play Sardines in the Campo was thrown out so we all agreed. We played a few rounds and I did lose once which required me and the other loser to go hide. The initial spot was standing behind a wall by the stairs but changed quickly. It ended with some of the group standing inside a bancomat acting as mannequins yeah...haha. This was intended to be in an obvious spot where we could easily be seen but this tactic proved unsuccessful. See what I mean about typical BYU activity even in Siena Italy haha. I honestly can't even remember the last time I played night games. But it was probably much better than what we would have done otherwise. We even had a small group from a contrada parading around and singing oddly enough. That stuff is always entertaining. It was a random day from chess tournaments to night games in the Campo.

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