Sorry - still no way to upload pictures....
Today we drove to Sienna after sleeping in late. We parked near the soccer stadium without any trouble this time. Then we walked to St. Catherine's church, but we didn't have time to get a picture of Mommy with St. Catherine's thumb. We then saw Il Campo, which was huge, but hard to believe that a horse race was held inside. After a very long, 2 hour lunch where we tried wild boar, we went to the beautiful Duoma and the museum next door. The girls braved a long winding stair case to get to the top of the section of the church that wasn't completed - for a great view. We then drove home and had - what else - pasta!
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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.
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