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Jul. 24th, 2006 12:12 amToday Bill led an optional train trip to lovely Vicenza, the departure for which which I and most of the group slept through. We're all dragging pretty badly, understandable after so much heat and activity. There were lots of "what're you doing today?" "sleeping" conversations. About 6 people went on the trip and were very happy with it, but I was alright with that.
I got to sleep in, enjoy a light lunch, and walk out to the Frari, which I missed yesterday. The Basilica di San Maria dei Frari is an enormous gothic church, containing Donatello's John the Baptist, Titziano's Ascention, and the bones of both Titian and Canova. Plus lots of stained glass, rose windows, and sculpture. Really a treat, and worth the hike and 2.50 euro entry.
We returned and got a glowing reccommendation for the Doge's palace tour, so we went out to that at about 5. It was expensive, 12 euro, but the place was wall-to-wall Tintoretto paintings, including the 25-metre wide Paradiso. There was also a Titziano fresco, St. Christopher, that just popped with life like a good fresco should. We crossed the Bridge of Sighs into the dungeon, which was really small. It's also the only dungeon I've visited with marble walls.
The Doge's palace was totally enormous and covered in lovely paintings and architecture, and I would've loved to tour it with Vicki in tow, but it would be like a week wandering around there. Sadly, we only had 2 hours, but it was great.
Warped marble floors, a common sight here.
By 19:00 Nick, Justin and I were starving, so we went to a new place that Bill had talked about wanting to try. It turned out to be one of the top 3 meals I've ever eaten. This is the food I came here for. Every piece of food on that table was a symphony.
The house wine was the best I've had here, and all the pizzas we had were just flawless. We were there two hours talking about everything from music top-5s to theological backgrounds. One of my favorite things about eating out here is that I don't have to be all hushed. Great big conversations are the order of the day! The table next to us asked if we were theological students. :) Not quite, art history and computer science, gratzie. We're... well-read.
Red wine is always served cold in Italy. It's quite refreshing.
Hopefully tonight I can drag Justin out for some long-exposure madness in the streetlights of Venezia. The best indeed!
I got to sleep in, enjoy a light lunch, and walk out to the Frari, which I missed yesterday. The Basilica di San Maria dei Frari is an enormous gothic church, containing Donatello's John the Baptist, Titziano's Ascention, and the bones of both Titian and Canova. Plus lots of stained glass, rose windows, and sculpture. Really a treat, and worth the hike and 2.50 euro entry.
We returned and got a glowing reccommendation for the Doge's palace tour, so we went out to that at about 5. It was expensive, 12 euro, but the place was wall-to-wall Tintoretto paintings, including the 25-metre wide Paradiso. There was also a Titziano fresco, St. Christopher, that just popped with life like a good fresco should. We crossed the Bridge of Sighs into the dungeon, which was really small. It's also the only dungeon I've visited with marble walls.
The Doge's palace was totally enormous and covered in lovely paintings and architecture, and I would've loved to tour it with Vicki in tow, but it would be like a week wandering around there. Sadly, we only had 2 hours, but it was great.
Warped marble floors, a common sight here.
By 19:00 Nick, Justin and I were starving, so we went to a new place that Bill had talked about wanting to try. It turned out to be one of the top 3 meals I've ever eaten. This is the food I came here for. Every piece of food on that table was a symphony.
The house wine was the best I've had here, and all the pizzas we had were just flawless. We were there two hours talking about everything from music top-5s to theological backgrounds. One of my favorite things about eating out here is that I don't have to be all hushed. Great big conversations are the order of the day! The table next to us asked if we were theological students. :) Not quite, art history and computer science, gratzie. We're... well-read.
Red wine is always served cold in Italy. It's quite refreshing.
Hopefully tonight I can drag Justin out for some long-exposure madness in the streetlights of Venezia. The best indeed!
