Archive for June, 2008
Siena.
It actually only drizzled on and off in Siena, so no buckets of rain that day. I knew a little about Siena from my discover italy DVD from the discovery channel (don’t laugh its very interesting and informative). Basically what I knew was they had a crazy horse race called the Palio. Siena is divided [...]
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Pisa.
We only spent about two hours in Pisa. It was raining, dank, and people wouldn’t stop trying to sell us stuff. We had no guide for pisa so from what i can tell it’s a pretty small place. I spent all of my time at the Piazza dei Miracoli (the square of miracles) where you can [...]
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Firenze.
Well, again it rained all morning, but hey the sunshine finally came out in the afternoon! Luckily we had tickets to the Ufizi (the big ‘ole museum with a gillion old paintings. ever heard of the birth of venus?) so standing in pouring rain was minimal. No pictures inside the museum, sorry guys, but hey its [...]
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Fair Verona.
Verona:home of the third largest colosseum in italy and “the balcony of romeo and juliette” and home to composer Antonio Salieri
Basically verona was seeing the colosseum and the balcony and then doing some shopping (although i took a small amount of time and explored the back roads of the city where the people actually live [...]
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Padova.
We know the city as Padua and for where Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shew is set. We spent most of the day at St. Anthony’s basilica. It’s pretty cool. It has a million courtyards. We saw an italian monk and padre. We wern’t allowed to take pictures inside, so you’ll have to once again see [...]
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Venezia. The city on stilts!
So the city really isn’t built on stilts exactly, but petrified wood and three small islands, but the city still appears to float. Since I was about eight and my parents got me a CD about vivaldi in venice, its been a life goal to visit …and I finally have! It was all I expected! [...]
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A moment in MILANO.
Milano (milan) was very cool! The fashion capital of the world! We got to see the original prada, louis vuitton, dolce & gabbana and all thoose other cool stores. After the bus tour we got to tour the Duomo, see Castello Sforesco and tour La Scala. The Duomo was SO TALL! I belive its built in the gothic style [...]
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