Florentine Oles in Venice
The group at the foot of the Rialto bridge in Venice
We are currently in Venice. We arrived on Thursday afternoon and settled into our hotel (see the link at right). On Friday we toured the city with Howard Fitzpatrick, who I think we will all agree was quite a character! We visited the major churches in the city and got a good sense of the topography and architectural character of Venice. We finished up at the basilica of San Marco. This morning, we visited the Accademia with Venetian painting specialist Elizabeth Consavari and took in a good dose of Vivarini, Carpaccio, Bellini, Titian and Tiepolo (the painter, not the famous Evans-Taliaferro dog). Currently, we are exploring Venice on our own. I imagine students will soon be posting pictures of themselves covered with pigeons! We return to Florence tomorrow morning.
Students enjoy hot chocolate at the famous cafe Florian following their visit to San Marco.
posted by Nancy at 1/14/2006
3 Comments:
Ahoj from Prague to the Oles in Florence! It sounds like you are having some amazing experiences! We must see more pictures!!!
And ciao to the Oles in Prague from us here in Florence! We hope to post pictures soon...maybe tomorrow.
Did you see any works by Topo Gigio?
Are there any students on this trip? Can the Oles be computer shy in 2006?
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