Cinque Cita

Wow.... Just wow... The last ten days and have been a complete blur. Starting from Genova a week ago last Saturday morning we trained to Venice. Ok, first thing about Venice, it is twice as picturesque as it appears in movies. We went to an architectural exposition there called the Biennale (you should look it up). It is a annual event that alternates yearly with art exhibitions, fortunately this year was the architecture focus. That was really cool and very applicable, as well as something I hope to go back to a few more times during my career. From there we moved on to Vicenza, which is home to a plethora of what we call Paladian houses, which is the guy responsible for what we Americans would consider the Montichello or White House look: very grand villas with large columns on the front, sitting on large manicured grounds and completely amazing. From there we moved on to Verona, which is most famous for Romeo and Juliet. They still have their Roman colosseum open and "fully operational" in which they were rehearsing for "The Barber of Seville - On Ice" oh yeah... Watch out Disney on Ice, this stuff is way more real. We also visited the oldest theatre in Europe (yes older than the Globe). From there we rolled on to Mantova where we visited a grand palace outside the city limits as well as several churches and wrapped Mantova up with some traditional Veneto region cuisine. Our last and fifth city (cinque cita) was Bologna (pronounced Bolonya) which was once known for all of its towers, but has since lost a lot of them. While there we toured the tallest and most leaning tower in Italy (yes more lean than Pisa) and during free time a couple of us took the train over to Modena: home of Ferrari. We did not have enough time to go to the factory museum, but we did make it to the home of Enzo Ferrari where they have built a smaller museum of some very rare and early Ferraris. thus how I have spent the last ten days of my life and have loved every single minute of it!! I have sketched until my hand almost fell off, but again it has been totally worth it, I am so fortunate to have been given this opportunity and it has not fully hit me until this trip.
Until next time,
Ciao!