Trip to Europe: Getting Ready

We only have a few weeks before we leave on our trip. We're starting to pack. Check back in a few weeks and we'll let you know how we're doing!

What We've Eaten That We Don't Have Often At Home

Funny Things We've Seen

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

Trip to Europe