tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844580475556129339.post369377909755797021..comments2023-05-08T11:38:55.984-04:00Comments on Spandrel Studios: Why Italy?Spandrel Studioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05782425263902619415noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844580475556129339.post-85820439522137405622008-05-09T22:45:00.000-04:002008-05-09T22:45:00.000-04:00OK, Bob, this proves it: you need to start a blog!...OK, Bob, this proves it: you need to start a blog!<BR/><BR/>Your descriptions of Italy are amazing - feels like I just took a little vacation!Spandrel Studioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05782425263902619415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844580475556129339.post-88762715271244798972008-05-07T22:06:00.000-04:002008-05-07T22:06:00.000-04:00aaaah - Italia! Non c'e male! Like Kitty I did th...aaaah - Italia! Non c'e male! Like Kitty I did the semester abroad thing in italy as well. Spring in Firenze - a great home base for visiting a plethora of small towns in Tuscany on the weekends. Naturally I prefer Tuscany over Rome or the coast or Venice but all of those have their great qualities as well. I sometimes dream of people-watching & wandering the streets (my favorite ways to visit a place) of Florence or any of the nearby hill towns and swear it was real when I wake up.<BR/>The smells (from the restaurants to the raised armpits on the quattordici bus to the gardens to the leather in the market), the way the women walk across the piazas in what seems to be slow motion, the sounds of vendors dragging their carts down the cobblestone streets at 5am, the breathtaking interiors of the cathedrals, the sounds of pigeons being chased by children, the ooohs and aahs as people get their first glimpse of David or the Florence Baptistry doors or Sistine Chapel or the oculus in the Pantheon, the sharing of vino, food & laughter that overcomes a group of newly-acquainted strangers in a way-too-hot train car stuck on a train that hasn't moved for 1/2 an hour for no reason etc. It's all oh-so-good!bob chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123581230698699215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844580475556129339.post-593082719958965842008-05-01T18:38:00.000-04:002008-05-01T18:38:00.000-04:00Your semester in Italy sounds like a dream, Kitty!...Your semester in Italy sounds like a dream, Kitty! I bet the scenery in those hill towns was pretty spectacular, the kind of vistas that imprint themselves on your memory forever.<BR/><BR/>Every time I speak to a college student considering a semester abroad, I urge them to go. It's one thing I regret not having done!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844580475556129339.post-56586991101933718232008-05-01T00:04:00.000-04:002008-05-01T00:04:00.000-04:00*sigh*I wouldn't mind being in Italy right now. Ge...*sigh*<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't mind being in Italy right now. Geez.<BR/><BR/>I lived in Italy for a summer during college. It was amazing and I wish I'd stayed longer. I was in Tuscany and made a trek to Rome through all these hill towns.<BR/><BR/>Mark and I need a vacation!<BR/>Hope you try your recipes again soon!Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13260829805068114560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844580475556129339.post-87555844321107600932008-04-30T19:10:00.000-04:002008-04-30T19:10:00.000-04:00Hi, Fish! At least you've been to Rome and Milan -...Hi, Fish! At least you've been to Rome and Milan - those would be on my itinerary, as well. And the Amalfi Coast, that would be dreamy... a friend of mine recently went to Lake Como and had an extraordinary vacation, eating fresh figs from the garden of the flat they'd rented. <BR/><BR/>Seems like the whole country really knows how to live!Spandrel Studioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05782425263902619415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844580475556129339.post-82943787779643000652008-04-30T17:52:00.000-04:002008-04-30T17:52:00.000-04:00I've been to Rome and Milan, so only a taste of It...I've been to Rome and Milan, so only a taste of Italian city life for me, although I would love to drive the Amalfi coast somedayfishwithoutbicyclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12071691302805126529noreply@blogger.com