Italy has been treating me pretty well recently. The weather is steadily getting better with more sunshine and warmer temperatures, which is great. I can’t wait to explore without being bogged down by winter coats or rain gear.
Carnival
My friends and I went to Carnival in Venice last weekend. During the day we could not find the magical atmosphere that everyone raved about. But as the families and mellow tourists slowly left in the evening and young people in costumes flowed in the party officially got started. We bar hopped in costume, moving from piazza to piazza. Stages with music were scattered around the city and the entire island transformed into a giant party.
Cooking
My culinary skills are slowly improving. About once a week I add a new dish to my list of options I can make. This week I attempted a lentil and vegetable soup. It turned out decent enough that I am willing to eat the massive amounts of leftovers so I consider it a victory.
Future Trips
I am heading off to Pisa on an art history field trip this weekend (for a class that isn’t mine, three cheers for tagging along on free trips!). Last time I went to Pisa, my junior year, I found it incredibly boring. But we had shown up after everything was closed for the evening and it was too dark to take cheesy photos with the tower; so I decided it was worth another attempt.
Two weekends from now I am off to Rome on another field trip. We are going to see all the big events (Vatican, major museums, etc) so I am pretty excited. After a few college level baroque art history courses I wanted another chance to see everything through newly educated eyes.
4 comments:
I'm glad the soup worked out. This summer I may put you in charge of dinner:) Have a great time on all of the up coming trips. Julie
haha Sounds like a plan. So far i have mastered; french toast, brushetta, veggie soup, and teryaki chicken. Plus one failed attempt at fried rice that was very meh. Hopefully more will be added to the list. Let me know if you have any suggestions. I have desperetly been searching for canned clams so I can make chowder and pasta with clam sauce.
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Heather! I never knew any of that stuff about Pisa, I just sort of looked at the tower, but that's actually very interesting. Carnival sounded awesome as well, what were you? Lucca was one of my favorite towns, we rode bikes along the medieval wall when we were there. Enjoy Rome when you go, I'm looking forward to reading about it. I understand that flights to Cairo are wayy expensive - I've been looking into traveling around here and it's far more than I expected, but I think another Durham Fair sounds good too!
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