After class I went to the Ponte Rialto and bought myself a gondolier shirt to wear around all day. I look like Waldo w/ my red & white stripes. Then we went to the Accademia museum and saw some Berlinni and other Renaissance painters' works. The paintings and museums are all starting to get boring and blur together. After that I went to the tower that overlooks the S. Marco area, which was cool to get a high perspective of the city. Unfortunately we never ma...

Today after class we went to another church to look at the murals at the alters and the unique gothic architecture. Afterwards we had a little time to wander around and I got some spaghetti w/ meat sauce that I was craving. I'm keeping a dog count today b/c I saw so many yesterday that I was wondering if I could count 100 in a day. In the afternoon we went to the Guggenheim museum and saw some interesting artwork, including a sculpture that had a man, who's pe...

Today after music class we headed to Padova (the group got split and some didn't get on the right train) to see the Scrovegni Chapel (which we missed our appointment for b/c we were put on the wrong train, but got a later appointment to go into), which is filled w/ Giotto's frescos. The every inch of the walls are covered and the ceilings are painted blue w/ stars and a few frescos. The wall frescos illustrate scenes mainly of Christ's life and are a unique sty...

We drove through the Alps to Venice, which was beautiful. We arrived at a nearby city and had to take a train into Venice around 8 pm. We're staying in a small hotel right on the Grand Canal, but on the opposite end of Piazza San Marco, the main attraction area with the basilica and tower. After dinner a group of us headed followed the signs to S. Marco, checked it out and headed back b/c we had to finish up a concert report. Coming back was interesting b/c w...