Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
muh muh muh muh my VERONA!
the best tortellini i have ever had, honestly. it didn't even need marinara. perfection.
panorama of the fresco ceiling of the augustine church
juliet's letter wall
me, natalie & jess overlooking the veronese castle
beautiful verona
Friday, May 21, 2010
Burano
The other day we went to the island of Burano for our photo class. We learned about shooting panoramas. The island was absolutely gorgeous; its a small island known for its homemade lace. All of the houses are painted bright & vibrant colors. It was a beautiful sunny day and it was nice to be in the "photo zone". I took a lot of panorama shots but also some that I might be able to use for my final project. Here's some selections from the panorama assignment:
this woman was hand making lace. she was very sweet despite my terrible, terrible italian
this woman was hand making lace. she was very sweet despite my terrible, terrible italian
Sunday, May 16, 2010
padua
our weekends are completely free on this program, which is really nice because we can pretty much roam wherever we like. the independent woman in me deeply appreciates this. this weekend we were going to head to florence, but the weather was crappy, so we decided to keep it local. we went to padua (of taming of the shrew fame) to see st. anthony's basillica.
st.anthony is the patron saint of travelers, donkeys, amputees and most famously, replacing lost items. in one portion of the cathedral that contained his tomb, there were also walls were people had posted notes, items and pictures of things that were lost and returned to them. it's their way of saying, thanks anthony. it was kind of cool to sit in that room and see people so devoted to this saint come and give thanks to him.
we then continued on to the chapel of relics. boy oh boy do they have good relics at st anthony's chapel. anthony was a gifted orator, and so when they dug up his body in 1300 and something, it was a miracle that his tongue had not turned to dust like the rest of his body. so, they put it in a fancy glass case, surrounded by chubby cherubs. in the same panel were also his lower jaw and vocal chords. kinda gross but kind of cool too.
the rest of the afternoon, we wandered the streets and went to some of the largest open air markets in italy. it was filled with produce and other goodies, like cheeses and meats. we had lunch, walked around the city somemore and headed home. it was a rainy day allllll day, so we came back and squeezed about 10 people in 3 twin size beds, and watched 500 days of summer. we all passed out. that night we went to du champ, a bar in santa marghareta, the hopping campo of venice.
our sunday was pretty lazy, we had a shooting assignment for our photo class this weekend, so we kind of wandered finding things to shoot around the city. we went to the lido, which is a seperate island that is basically a giant beach. its nice but it was cloudy today, so i forsee sunny days at the lido in the future.
st.anthony is the patron saint of travelers, donkeys, amputees and most famously, replacing lost items. in one portion of the cathedral that contained his tomb, there were also walls were people had posted notes, items and pictures of things that were lost and returned to them. it's their way of saying, thanks anthony. it was kind of cool to sit in that room and see people so devoted to this saint come and give thanks to him.
we then continued on to the chapel of relics. boy oh boy do they have good relics at st anthony's chapel. anthony was a gifted orator, and so when they dug up his body in 1300 and something, it was a miracle that his tongue had not turned to dust like the rest of his body. so, they put it in a fancy glass case, surrounded by chubby cherubs. in the same panel were also his lower jaw and vocal chords. kinda gross but kind of cool too.
the rest of the afternoon, we wandered the streets and went to some of the largest open air markets in italy. it was filled with produce and other goodies, like cheeses and meats. we had lunch, walked around the city somemore and headed home. it was a rainy day allllll day, so we came back and squeezed about 10 people in 3 twin size beds, and watched 500 days of summer. we all passed out. that night we went to du champ, a bar in santa marghareta, the hopping campo of venice.
our sunday was pretty lazy, we had a shooting assignment for our photo class this weekend, so we kind of wandered finding things to shoot around the city. we went to the lido, which is a seperate island that is basically a giant beach. its nice but it was cloudy today, so i forsee sunny days at the lido in the future.
Friday, May 14, 2010
first photo project
these are some of the pictures i turned in for my first photo critique. we were assigned to a certain vaperetto stop (water taxi) and told to take pictures and describe the neighborhood. i went to ca d'oro and had a little solo adventure.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
torcello
today, being a thursday was art history day here in beautiful venice. today we went to torcello, an island in the lagoon that venice lies in. it was the first place that people really settled in the lagoon, so it has the oldest church. it was built in about the 5th century, and kind of evolved during the subsequent centuries, up until the 11th. it has beautiful gold leaf mosaics on the inside, which is a style that is "byzantine." we learned about different images on the wall and how they portray certain messages the church wanted its followers to understand/see.
we took a long vaparetto ride today and went past the island of burano, which is where a special kind of lace is made. we want to go back and visit. it also has really colorful, brightly colored houses that line its streets. during our lunch break today, we did some more johnny depp stalking. he was in san marco piazza, which was where our class was today. we watched him film a scene where he strutted in an all white suit & smoked a cigarette with a smirk on his face. needless to say, all the girls were turning to mush. katy and i got smooshed up against the metal barracades; we were in the front row with all the paparazzi and their giant lenses. we still haven't found angelina jolie yet, though. so everyone's on angie watch.
after we composed ourselves we went to class in the san marco cathedral (HOW COOL IS THAT?! I still can't believe how awesome my classes are) which was incredible. the entire ceiling were different mosiacs. i cannot adequately describe how beautiful it was. all in all, a purty good day. :)
ciao
we took a long vaparetto ride today and went past the island of burano, which is where a special kind of lace is made. we want to go back and visit. it also has really colorful, brightly colored houses that line its streets. during our lunch break today, we did some more johnny depp stalking. he was in san marco piazza, which was where our class was today. we watched him film a scene where he strutted in an all white suit & smoked a cigarette with a smirk on his face. needless to say, all the girls were turning to mush. katy and i got smooshed up against the metal barracades; we were in the front row with all the paparazzi and their giant lenses. we still haven't found angelina jolie yet, though. so everyone's on angie watch.
after we composed ourselves we went to class in the san marco cathedral (HOW COOL IS THAT?! I still can't believe how awesome my classes are) which was incredible. the entire ceiling were different mosiacs. i cannot adequately describe how beautiful it was. all in all, a purty good day. :)
ciao
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)