Travel Blog Posts
March 13th 2006
Part 2 of our intense weekend with Jill. Upon arrival by train from Verona, we checked into our hotel and explored the city center checking out Several buildings by Palladio including his Basilica, his Teatro Olympico, and his best known, the Villa Rotunda. ... read more
March 10th 2006
The Villa Lante consists of two separate palaces commissioned by two cardinals and designed by architect Il Vignola. More impressive than the buildings are the elaborate gardens that envelope them. Unfortunately for us the most spectacular feature of the gardens, the water, merely dribbled from the exotic fountains.... read more
March 8th 2006
The was built as a pagan temple in the 2nd century and later consecrated as a Catholic Church. Through the monumental bronze doors, you enter one great circular room. The only natural light enters through an open oculus at the center of the dome and through the bronze doors to the portico. As the sun moves, striking patterns of light illuminate the walls and floors.... read more
March 6th 2006
The Brion Family Cemetery was designed by 20th century architect Carlo Scarpa and is the resting place of members of the Brion Family and Carlo Scarpa himself.... read more
March 5th 2006
The first stop on our intense itenerary, Verona is home to an ancient Roman Arena, a Medieval Castle with a modern interior intervention by Carlo Scarpa, and the legendary balcony of Shakespeare's Juliet.... read more
February 17th 2006
In the second century A.D. architect and Emperor Hadrian built one of the Roman Empire’s largest and most sumptuous estates ever erected, filling it with representations of architectural wonders he had seen on his many travels. It was a self-contained entity for his vast royal entourage, servants, and guards. ... read more
The Amalfi Coast from Sorrento to Ravello
Published: February 8th 2006Europe » Italy » Campania » Amalfi
February 4th 2006
We rented a car and defied death as we made our way along hairpin turns which cantilevered over the Mediterranean Sea. Despite the overcast weather, it was stunning scenery. Some pictures compliments of Cari.... read more
February 3rd 2006
An ancient city covered and perserved by ash from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvious in 79 AD. Rediscovered in the 1700's and excavated, the city is well preserved including some of the victims who were suffocated by ash and gases. Plaster casts were poured into the cavities left behind by the bodies, capturing their terror. ... read more
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