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Never Eat On Sundays
... she didnt warn us and i didnt have time to make something up on the fly, meaning i couldn't leave class early like everyone else did :(
i am glad i am finally done reading for cj....but the material was pretty interesting.
All i want this year is to pass all of my classes with a b or above...Did i mention that i got a 98 on my leonardo paper?? Yeah i did :P yippee.
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Milan
... they even had fragments from cups for mass. They demonstrated the way in which the baptistery actually got the water too, by using this complex hydraulic system so the water was always fresh.
When we came back up from this a mass was going on and we realized why the areas had been closed off earlier.
Then we walked around for a while until our backs hurt to much and we had to sit and find a bathroom. So all ...
Verona
... and I got an apple. We finally saw Sara's number 16 on the map which was Arche Scaligere. We ate the delicious fruit in a romantic park nearby to make Chris jealous, I tried to pet a dog but the wiener waddled away:( Walking away we actually passed Romeos house (mind you it's closed...always) Then we took lots of pictures on the water after we crossed the bridges I got really close to the water in one picture and Sara ...
Romeo! Romeo! Translation: Desperate! Desperate!
... was inspired by one person's poem who was inspired by an Italian novella that was written about something that really happened. There was a civil war of sorts happening in Verona in 1300 between two political factions, the Guelphs and the Ghibellines. The ruling prince--Prince Bartolomeo I della Scala--was trying to keep peace between them. Dante, a guest of the prince's during this time, mentioned "Capulet" and "Montague" in his "Purgatorio." Those are the facts. ...
Fun in Fair Verona
... but not Italian - and he enjoyed mildy flirting with the girls and posing for pictures.
After our lunch we walked back down to Juliet's house. This whole thing is of course, a complete tourist fabrication as obviously the heroine of Shakespeare's wonderful tale is fictional - but it was nevertheless interesting and somehow compelling. The girls loved it and so did I. I thought it would be hideously tacky but actually it was not. It was very well done ...