A Second Semi-official Gara

Today, I had my second gara (FYI, gara is the italian word for any sort of competition; for example, a swim meet is a gara, an archery competition is a gara, and so on). It was a lot closer than the other gara; it was near Terni. The Lucaronis picked me up at about 7:00 (they are a really really nice family, I can't say so often enough). We set off, and after a short drive, we got to Collescipoli, where the others changed…I was already in my costume, so I didn't have to worry about that.
When we got into the city, we had a few minutes of milling around, enough time to greet those we know, but we started fairly soon after we got there.
The targets were hard for me because they were mostly about accuracy, which comes with time and practice. Given that I've only been back a week and a half, I haven't had a lot of practice as of late. However, I had a good time, and that was the point.
I was told that the second competition is never as good as the first (point wise), and that certainly held true for me. Today, I scored 208 points whereas last gara I scored 239… but I thought that it was a perfectly decent score, and I placed 6th in my age group.
I had an absolutely fantastic time!
Ciao,
Florence

Everyone thought it was highly amusing to see me leaning up against the wall (it was sloped); I thought it was awesome because the wall was cold.

My piazzola 

Matteo getting his prize.
The target behind him was timed AND fairly far away AND up some steps

Alessio and his dad's piazzola 

You had to shoot at this one on your knees, through the hole, and with your arrow sticking through the hole (before you pulled back)

This was quite a bit uphill 

After the last target 

Alessio