First and pretty much only item on the agenda for today was to go on a boat tour of Stromboli! The island is surprising larger than I thought it was just not a whole lot of people are on the other sides. The tour guide/boat driver took us to the east side of Stromboli where there was a population of like 30 people and a very long walk to said houses. Although, we did end up walking to the village and taking some pictures. I don't have any of the group photos because the moms took them all but here are the ones I took.
The third photo is of the walkway up to this little viewing platform where I took the other photos, and the island you can see in the distance of photo 2 is other Aeolian islands. Around the entire island the water is completely clear and you can see the bottom it's incredible. We stopped again at the south side of the island and swam (or took a bath as they say here). It looks a lot shallower than it is because of how clear so it took a little bit of convincing until I willingly jumped off the boat instead of taking the ladder into the water. Here are some other pictures of volcanic rock formations along with the current path that lava flows from the eruptions at night.
The last photo is of a mini island off the coast from Stromboli where there's a tiny light house and incredible cliffs. Then the 2nd to last one is off the north side of the island where all the people live. After the tour, we spent most of the afternoon in our hotel room and I'd say we all bonded from learning some Italian to Mack getting slapped with a handful of shaving cream and filling our hotel room'a bathroom with the shaving cream (which of course we cleaned up & picture below). I learned that I can't pronounce any Italian words that start with z because I sound too American or something. I also learned how to count to 100 (thank you Marco's little brother for suffering through that adventure with me), how to order ice cream, how to ask for the water to be passed to me, how to say that I'm American and I don't understand. I still haven't a clue on spelling so if I find that out maybe I'll post something, otherwise I'll just have to tell you in person or spell it how it sounds in English. As for the night we just had a simple steak dinner with fries, then we walked around the island with our flashlights (thank you mother for having me pack one!) because there are no street lights on this island.