Weekend 2!

Buona Sera!!!

It's Sunday night and I'm fried to a crisp from being on the beach at Lido for 4 hours today! It was magical. It was a crazy weekend and didn't end up raining one 

from. I guess I should start back at Thursday because that's where I left off.

Thursday we went to Torcello, a beautiful island in the lagoon that only has 14 residents! It takes an hour to get there on the vaparetto. I went to a 

Cathedral, chapel, garden, bell tower etc. The reason why Torcello is significant is because it wasn't updated when the Renaissance became hip. 

The original frescos and glass mosaics are then still abstract, 2D, Bizintine. This is unlike Piazza San Marco because PSM is a collage of both Eastern and Westen influences and has a slew of different centuries art work and style. We had a

 big group lunch at a restaurant in a garden--penne with cheese and speck sauce and caprese salad = YUM! We finished up the day by going into 

Church of St. Mark's in PSM. (PSM=Piazza San 

Marco)

Thursday night I met up with Maxine, a friend of Katya's, at Cafe Blue with my friends Jenna and Krissy. 

There was beer and merriment and karaoke (both Italian and English). Her friends Federico and Mattia took us to a party at an Italian University near the train station. They were having a full blown dance party in the courtyard of what I think was their dorm it was fun!

Friday was a little rainy. After class I headed to Padova on the train with some peoples. One of the TA's Vanessa wanted to see the Church of San Antonio. 

It was a fun day trip adventure. The picture of the trolley is one of the pictures from Padova. Interestingly, they had a VERY classy memorial for Sept 11th. Quite random but nice. The Cathedral of San Antonio of a lil hard to find, but then again we didn't have a map and none of us had ever been there. The Cathedral houses his relics, of course, but has his voice box, tongue, and mandible on display. I think they are embalmed but the believers of that church think they were preserved because he was such a famous preacher that the parts of the body used to speak were preserved. 

Saturday I was totally pooped so after lunch I laid around, edited some pictures, and slept. They run us hard here but it's amazing. We made a big dinner in the back courtyard with groceries bought at Billa, a big grocery store we are quickly coming to love because it's cheap. Last night we all went to the bars in Santa Margherita (it's a big square nearby) because that's really the only place that young locals and young people in general hang out! 

Today I woke up to the shrill of a baby in the room next door (I think a young family is here for the weekend) and bells as usual haha. I had to get up anyways we wanted to get our butts to Lido to the beach. I floated around in the water out there, read my new book, and managed to get burnt because I'm too proud to wear sunscreen (cough cough I learn it from my dad haha). Next time I will I learned my lesson! 

Got back from the beach and set out to do my photo homework for the weekend (color and non color photos). We have a small group critique tomorrow. Things are REALLY going to pick up this week. It's very fast paced but it's super fun and interesting so it doesn't actually feel like work. We're trying to organize a trip to Cinque Terre for next weekend. People are going to Florence the following weekend but I don't know if I'm going to go cause I've been already. I heard Milan is a reasonable day trip. We're making a big group buffet tomorrow in the dining area with food from the Billa. We're also pushing tons of beds together and using a projector from the classroom to have a big movie night tomorrow night! 

Anyways, time is slipping away and it already 11 pm and I have a list of things to do. Might get up early before breakfast tomorrow to shoot in morning light. Quickly becoming a fan of this photo thing! But, the pics I put up here are mostly unedited and touristy because you'll get to see any of my "good" stuff at the end!

Buona Sera!

Love,

Sarah