I am in Italy! Finally.
It is still surreal, and hasn't quite settled in. But we are here, AND have already seen so much. Wed-Fri were very long days (May 25-27). We traveled what felt like forever, and I was a little bit ill when we finally got into venice. My ears never popped ascending and descending on the planes, so I can't hear that well. My right ear finally popped yesterday, but my left is still no good, and I am a little bit congested today, however, I feel 100% better than yesterday. Friday, we all just kind of settled into the apartment, which is absolutely beautiful. We walked around, ate lunch at a little cafe where I had my first Italian pizza. Matt took us by St. Mark's Square and Doge's Palace. We didn't stay too long, just looked around to get out a bit. We also went inside of a church but I forget the name...
Today was a busy day. I feel like we have already seen so much and it's only day 1 officially. We went to Accedemia and looked at the old master's work. Some "big" names we looked at were Tintoretto, Bellini, and Veronese. We walked around for a few hours I think, and we did some drawings, and I sketched in my sketchbook as well. After that we took a break and grabbed some lunch. Emily and I got fruit cups from a little stand outside the museum and then went to a bakery and got "Pizza Margerhita," and some pastries.
It is still surreal, and hasn't quite settled in. But we are here, AND have already seen so much. Wed-Fri were very long days (May 25-27). We traveled what felt like forever, and I was a little bit ill when we finally got into venice. My ears never popped ascending and descending on the planes, so I can't hear that well. My right ear finally popped yesterday, but my left is still no good, and I am a little bit congested today, however, I feel 100% better than yesterday. Friday, we all just kind of settled into the apartment, which is absolutely beautiful. We walked around, ate lunch at a little cafe where I had my first Italian pizza. Matt took us by St. Mark's Square and Doge's Palace. We didn't stay too long, just looked around to get out a bit. We also went inside of a church but I forget the name...
Today was a busy day. I feel like we have already seen so much and it's only day 1 officially. We went to Accedemia and looked at the old master's work. Some "big" names we looked at were Tintoretto, Bellini, and Veronese. We walked around for a few hours I think, and we did some drawings, and I sketched in my sketchbook as well. After that we took a break and grabbed some lunch. Emily and I got fruit cups from a little stand outside the museum and then went to a bakery and got "Pizza Margerhita," and some pastries.
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| Work by Bellini - quite possibly my favorite piece from Accademia |
After lunch we went to the Punta Della Dogana Museum. This was a really awesome exhibition and it was my first "big time" artist show I have ever been too. I saw some Jeff Koons, Donald Judd, Julie Mehrtu, and Subodh Gupta work. Plus, tons of others. It was incredible to see all this work in person from the past and present. I can't believe what I have seen in just two days. I picked up a catalogue in the gift shop after we went through the whole exhibit.
We came back to the apartment, relaxed awhile, went to a cute little grocery store, and then we all (most of us) went to a great seafood dinner. I had a Salmon & potato dumpling dish in cream sauce, with white wine and gelato for dessert. All for about 15 euro. Italians are really funny to watch and to interact with. When dining, if you don't ask for a check you will basically sit at a table for 3 hours. They will just keep walking by and look at you. It's not like in the U.S. where your severs want you to free up the table as soon as your done. They expect you to take your time. Italians move at a glacial pace, and it's kind of nice to slow it down a bit. We did a lot today, but it doesn't seem like it just flew by. It was a fun day and I'm ready for tomorrow. Ciao!
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