Hotel Palace Prato

... dans les jardins!

ensuite on est aller voir le vrai "David" de michealange. installer au bout d,un aller d'un petit muse au gros prix! c'est impressionant de voir sa grandeur et surtout de penser qu'il a ete realise dans un seul bloc de marbre, sculte a la main avec les outils de l'epoque. Comme dans tout bon muse, il est impossible prendre des photos!

... at Baby Boo, all for what seemed like several minutes. When she finally stood upright again, she looked me in the eye and declared, with conviction, “BAMBINA!” (GIRL!). I felt like I had been transported to Japan, and was part of some ancient Japanese ritual at the hands of a wise, old medicine woman – only I was in Italy, standing in front of the sushi counter at an upscale Japanese restaurant that was playing an Asian-Enya-like ...

Apres une heure de bus dans un paysage montagneux remplis de vignoble et de plantattion d'olivier, nous somme arrive a "Greve in chianti" en toscane. Malheureusement pour nous, la saisons des visites de vignobles est terminee. Nous avons quand meme marche jusqu'au chateau montefioralle. Une fois en haut de la cote, on avait une belle vue sur les environs et puis apres avoir marcher au travers du chateau, nous avonas repris la route du village ...

partie de pise pour se rendre a Florence en toscane. On s'approche tranquillement de la region de Chianti ! Encore uen ville magnifique ou l'on ne peut pratiquement rien prendre en phtoto tellement les rues sont etroites. Le duomo, le 3e plus haut de l'europe est visible de tres loin. Ensuite, de piazza en piazza, nous avons traverser la ville pour voir des tres grand edifice , souvent construit avant meme la decouverte de l'amerique!! Nous avons ...

... kitchen.I went down later that eveing to chat to the people staying there and marvel at the double bed inthe kitchen.

Really quiet in the off saeason with a lot of places noteven bothering to open or open reduced hours.

Was sitting outside the only bar in RioMaggore and Jess who I shared a dorm room with in Salzburg walked past. Turns out she's staying in the same dodgy room as me again!

Was lucky there was a bunch of good people ...

... wine). After we walked back with some of the girls from our group and bought a local Chianti wine(rosso). Day 3 (Sat) Started with our beautiful walk down to CAPA for orientation. After orientation we went on a tour of the city. She to use to the central market which is inside and very large 2 stories tall. All sorts of good food mostly raw meat and upstairs fresh produce, Jerry my roommate and I found a small place with that made ...

... filigree during the medieval years. You can see there efforts to make a 3 dimensional painting on a 2 dimensional surface. In the Renaissance, painters used brighter colors, and the paintings were not based mostly on Christianity. There were no Impressionist paintings which came after the Renaissance. There were many other paintings made by Michelangelo, Raphael & Donatello, but made of them that were anonymous collected by ...

... rude all tourists are. This makes for an unpleasant experience. Frankly, I agree, but I would like to think I am not one of them. Really trying to use what little Italian I know, I do get a nice smile when I purchase something or say hello, it's a rewarding feeling! I still have 2 days left, perhaps my impression will change or I will be rewarded when I head further south into the heart of Tuscany.

So, we went to see Eros Ramazzati last weekend in concert at one of the arenas here in Florence....he's a really famous pop star here, and he put on a really great show! Matthew got some great pictures of the concert with his camera, which you'll all have to check out. It is so cool going to see plays and concerts and games in Italian...we can't get enough!! Then, on Thursday, we went to go see a Flamenco Dance Company from Spain at the Teatro Verde...the dancing was ...

... track, but is full of interest. Last night in the cathedral square a small crowd had gathered to celebrate an outdoor mass in honour of 'Il Papa'. I think that the images were being beamed in from Rome, but I'm not sure. In any case, the 'Carabinieri' were there to guard the proceedings, complete with golden swords and lots of braid, just like soldiers in Gilbert and Sullivan. I'll post some pictures of the town and my co-workers.