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Typically Italian
... that we cycle and Briar and I readily agreed whilst Caitlin did so reluctantly. This is after all the city of bicycles after all. The problem we then faced was eight people and five bikes, the Italian’s didn’t seem bothered by this and sped off whilst us foreigners struggled to give each other backies, ending up in the gutters several times. Our little journey was made more entertaining by Caitlin’s exclamations as she was rattled up ...
Boring, day.... Happy Bday to my cousins JJ/JR xx
... meet up with Rosie.Rosie had a show tonight, Silhouette which is the circus themed show with a lot of specialty acts. I have personally since this show 4 times already when I was on the ship last year. Mama and Papa hadn't seen the show, but they seemed to really enjoy it. The show in general is really entertaining, lots to look at all the time....Not too much of an exciting day, sorry folks they can't all be super duper cray cray!!! Xx
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Mosaic City
... details in the mosaic at the time of Justinian were considered to reflect heresy and most of these were destroyed. This is a rare survivor of the Arian times. The Basilica of Sant Apollinare has a typical early Christian floor plan. The mosaics are on the side panels depicting Mary receiving gifts from a procession of haloed virgins and Christ with 4 angels awaiting a procession of 26 martyrs. This started as an Arian church and is an example of Emporer Justinian converting things ...
Three Nights in Milan with a Day Trip to Verona
... blog sooner than now. (I'm writing this blog as I'm sitting at the computer in the common room of Nice!! :P) The shopping in Milan was not as good as we imagined - mostly because it all seemed to be designer shops that were a tad beyond our price bracket!
Day 2 we decided to day trip to Verona instead of staying to Milan.
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Davide's place, the Italian family heat
I started the trip on 31 July 2012, Tuesday i think. I went by train from Valence-France to Vicenza-Italy, the trip takes around 7 hours and two different trains with scale in Milano. I arrived to Milano Porta Garibaldi and 10 minutes after I had to take the train in Milano central.. hopefully i did it on time.
Around 9pm I met Davide in the train station of Vicenza, then we go to Adria in his car. I saw Davide after 2 years and ...