Despite some flight delays, everybody arrived safely at last. Because some of the students got into Venice too late to go to the local grocery store, we ended up grabbing a quick dinner close to our palazzo. Here are all our students and, front right, our fantastic CIEE in-country contact, Elena, who meet them...
Read more →Whew, do you think we’re having a cold snap here in SoCal? Today, Save Venice shared this photograph of snow in Venice on its Facebook Account! You can see another photo of snow in Venice in the newspaper Il Gazzetino’s Venice edition and if you scroll down a little in this BBC article about...
Read more →Last week our students constructed their masks, and yesterday was painting day! These are gorgeous!
Read more →I got to sit in the back of class while Professor Terry worked with the students on developing the foil armatures for an eventual papier-mâché Carnevale mask…. I have to say, it was pretty fun to watch!
Read more →Robert Jahns has a few imagined Venice photocompositions in his gallery; take a look! We’ll be talking a bit about sharks in Venice, but this is the first whale I’ve seen in Venice! Also check out his Dream Venice and Milky Venice images. I’m not sure which myth I’d associate with these images. The...
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