Here is a recent update of pictures (hopefully) including photos from the first dayin florence, sienna, san gimignano, and today in florence
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Our Trip to London, Paris, Normandy, Venice, Florence, and Rome (and a few other places in between)
What We've Eaten That We Don't Have Often At Home
- marinated peaches
- fresh anchovies
- traditional tuscan bread soup
- aranchiata
- panini
- gelato gelato gelato
- panacotta
- tiramisu
- eggplant
- Pear and cheese pasta
- Seafood ravioli
- mint mousse
- safron ravioli
- Fruit mousse
- Wild Boar
- Lamb chops
- Fish pasta puginesca
- Pizza studel
- Leek soup
- Apple strudel
- Cauliflower soup
- Veal scallopini
- fresh coconut
- melone centrifughe
- marshmallow rope candy
- pasta pasta pasta
- hawai centrifughe (fresh juice drink)
- coffee eclair
- croissant
- toast (italian sandwich)
- cappucino
- gelato
- anchovies
- Pink Marshmallows
- Omelets
- Crepes
- Orangina
- Cassis Glace
- Cheese
- Chocolate Rice Crispies
Funny Things We've Seen
- fried fish with the heads on
- rude americans
- some famous italian guy with blonde hair and the paparatzi (sp?)
- nude sun bathing
- several men and women with polka dot hair
- lots of thongs
- middle aged woman with hair died white and fire engine red
- heels that are detached and move when you walk
- women carrying big children in packs on backs
- pantyhose around the ankles
- Jeans with skirts on top
- Couples making out on the Seine
- Men peeing everywhere
- An old lady with her hair died red and black
Interesting Facts We've Learned
- botticelli was one of the first artists of the renaissance to paint on cloth
- each saint has a symbol
- circular artwork is typically made for private collectors
- pieta means unconditional love
- in the middle ages, size in a sculpture showed superiority
- michelangelo made statues with big hands because florentines use their hands when they talk
- the alpe di suisse is the largest alpine meadow in the world
- michelangelo painted the creation of man on the sistine chapel in 7 days
- michelangelo did not take baths and he left his shoes on
- michelangelo had a last name -- buonarotti
- the papacy legalized the renaissance
- in the colliseum the thumbs up thumbs down story was probably from hollywood
- there were once squatters in the colliseum in rome
- there were once churches in the colliseum in rome
- there were no bakers in ancient rome -- they had bread brought in from ostia which was 3 hours away by horse
- there weren't any christians killed in the colliseum in rome
- There are 3 different kinds of lemons
- If you stopped for 5 minutes to look at each piece of art in the Vatican it would take 4 years to see it all.
- St. Mark's Square in Venice floods 250 days a year
- A lion with wings represents St. Mark
- Other cities make Venice's sinking look modest
- Venice was once Europe's richest city
- The London Eye is 135 meters tall
- Monet's family did not like him because he was an artist
- There are 6 million or so people buried under Paris
About Me
- C
- I homeschooled my twin daughters for 2 years. I have both a law degree and an undergraduate degree in history. I have taught infants through adults in a variety of settings.
2 comments:
Bella! Bella!
And, my hands are working wildly!, GOOD for yous for your Italian conversing!!! And in trying new things - wild boar - how was it?
Florence was my favorite place in Italy - we stayed in a pension right on one of the squares where some big annual festival parade happened - I remember thinking the consume with fresh grated parmesan was the most delicious thing I'd ever eaten!- but you're seeing lots of places we didn't get to. Looks like you are having marvelous weather. Great Pictures! We are too - really unbelievable!
If you get a minute can you let us know when you might have some idea about whether H and T will be in the finals the end of August? i.e. by the second week? third week?
Strawberriess are in and we hulled a bunch this morning - yummy eating mostly I think. Not eating as much jam as we used to.
Love to each of you.
Mom/Nama/Pat
Hey Shea Shea's! Thanks for the postcards! Life in Charlotte is boring...and US Club is sorta boring also...You're so lucky you're in Italy...oh yeah I BOUGHT some b-day cards for Haley and T so I'll give those to you in VA. Beach. Oh yeah, in the US Club we get to play the U15 SCSA Gold Team and the U14 (or as my mom says the U13 from LAST season, but we play our age's SCSA team and the girls that are 1 year older than we are) SCSA Gold Team...fun fun fun...oh yeah we think Oscar has a new girlfriend...Paige saw him at the movies with some girl other than Melissa and then at US Club last night a girl was there and when we all left they started talking to eachother...haha. OH by the way-I have to admit those pictures you have just recently posted are FANTABULOUS!!!
I miss you all.
-RoSe-
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