Today is Naples...
And its 4:30AM, guess who's a happy camper. We are being trucked the 4-5 hrs it takes to get from Orvieto to Naples and Pompeii today. I'm really excited to see Pompeii; we had a mini-lecture about it yesterday with the whole volcano explanation. Sounds like that would be on the bottom of my list of ways to go. I'm sure there is a movie about it, I'd like to see how they protray it happening. Anyways, from a historical perspective, it will be interesting to see the perfect preservation of historical sights.
Yesterday was very neat here in Orvieto. The very very good news is Nicole is happy because we had Cordon Bleu for dinner. With french fries to boot! Taking a break from all the Italian food never felt so invigorating. The other very good news is there was a free "concert" last night that I attended. They showed a silent movie that looked like it had been made in 1919. No biggy right? Well throw in a full symphony orchestra in front of it and things become a whole lot more interesting. How do you top it all off? Charge absolutely nothing. Mamma mia! What a country... I can't tell you what the movie was about, somekind of backstabbing drama for the thrown of the Roman kingdom. They symphony was great, and the setting in the duomo (the large basilica here) was very nice to see at night. Great times.
In other news, (MOM) I'm meeting Fr. George on Monday in Rome. The nun he is traveling with (or was meeting there?) had a spill in Assisi and is pretty nicely bruised, so he is caring for her in Rome. Nicole and I will take our Etruscan art test on Monday, then split early to go see the Colloseum on the inside, plus Michaelangelo's Moses in one of the nearby churches. Will let you know how that goes.
Next weekend is Venice, looking forward to that. Will write more later about our early days in Rome on this trip.
Ciao.
Yesterday was very neat here in Orvieto. The very very good news is Nicole is happy because we had Cordon Bleu for dinner. With french fries to boot! Taking a break from all the Italian food never felt so invigorating. The other very good news is there was a free "concert" last night that I attended. They showed a silent movie that looked like it had been made in 1919. No biggy right? Well throw in a full symphony orchestra in front of it and things become a whole lot more interesting. How do you top it all off? Charge absolutely nothing. Mamma mia! What a country... I can't tell you what the movie was about, somekind of backstabbing drama for the thrown of the Roman kingdom. They symphony was great, and the setting in the duomo (the large basilica here) was very nice to see at night. Great times.
In other news, (MOM) I'm meeting Fr. George on Monday in Rome. The nun he is traveling with (or was meeting there?) had a spill in Assisi and is pretty nicely bruised, so he is caring for her in Rome. Nicole and I will take our Etruscan art test on Monday, then split early to go see the Colloseum on the inside, plus Michaelangelo's Moses in one of the nearby churches. Will let you know how that goes.
Next weekend is Venice, looking forward to that. Will write more later about our early days in Rome on this trip.
Ciao.
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