Well today was most exciting when we took a trip to Verona. Verona is West of Venice and gorgeous! Saw some trees and flowers and grass again! haha Fun fact this is the town where Romeo and Juliet takes place and Where Dante's Inferno was written! Pictured to the left is a statue of Dante himself from a Palazzo in Verano! Cool yes?
Well the first stop on our tour was the most beautiful gardens! And since we hadn't seen much greenery in a while this was quite exciting. From the top you could see a wonderous view of the city! See the following video. There was even a maze of bushes, and I'm proud to say I made it through!
We then went to lunch and saw much of the Roman architecture since Verona used to be a Roman city. We tried to get into the colleseum, but they were setting up for an opera. Outside of the colleseum was saw a few street preformers and pieces of the set they were moving into the colesseum. We at lunch pretty good - Brek is not as good of a bargain as Ed cares to believe, but I'll eat as along as IU's paying (though since I payed tuition I suppose I really am paying).
We then went to Zino Basicilica which Ed was very excited about and was
saving the best for last as he said. He really wanted to show us the fancied carved doors (to the left. And I ust say that a fine piece of Mideavel work. I loved the look of the warm marbel. the Chrch was beautiful. It was fairly dim lit. you sit in the main section an see Crypt and the Choir at the same time. The crypt being down and the choir up. The pillars and wall were frescoed beautifully. THe unusual part was that some of the fresoces along the wall had graffiti carved into them. And it make me wonder how it's being cared for and how hold the names carved in are. OR even when they actualyl started caring for the church. Here's a video of me panning around the church.
Our day was concluded with a VERY long train ride home. I should have walked into the apartment at 7:30. But rather I walked in at 8:45. ah well...we made it.We then continued the rest of our evening with some dinner, a deserved shower. Then we got ourselves gussied up and stalked Yoko Ono. lol No actually we had found some invitations to some ritsy concert in the Armenia Center in Venice and since one of the songs being played is dedicated to Yoko Ono we just assuemd she'd be there. So we wandered and found the place. It was by Campo de San Margarette, where we had gotten "lost" for Print making. Turns out this is where the Night life is and even saw the MICA kids there from Scuola. We went to the concert and it was played by this famous Pianist whose especailly known for palying the toy piano. I was expecting some sweet piano and toy piano duet action, but the she played a John Cage song. I had heard of John Cage, but never actually listened to any of his stuff. And in my opinion I wouldn't reccomend it. It includes parts in the music that say "pour glass of water". Frankly I almost fell asleep. Wouldn't recommend it. I try not to write of Modern art at first glance, but this was too far. Nonetheless I feel we snuck into celebrity status and even if you aren't a fan of Yoko Ono wouldn't you try and go to a party she'd be at?
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