Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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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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