See, everyone loves the Razorbacks! People would come by and rub the hog's nose for good luck, and you could also put a coin in it's mouth and if it fell through the drain below, your wish would come true.
Another stair to climb for every picture I couldn't take... October 16th 2005 I’m sort of at a loss for words of what to say about my gorgeous weekend in Florence…
Florence is beautiful. It was a little smaller than I expected, but that’s one of the things that made it such a nice weekend. It was much more pedestrian oriented than Rome, so it was nice not having to worry about being run down by a pack of scooters or all the crazy traffic that’s in Rome. It was al ... read more
Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more
I’m a fourth year architecture major at the University of Arkansas (Go Hogs!). I’ll be spending the semester in Italy, as I am participating in our school’s study abroad program in Rome.
“If I look at some excellent statue, I say within my heart: "When will you be able to remove the excess from a block of marble and reveal so lovely a figure hidden therein? When will you know how to mix different colors and spread them over a canvas or a wall and represent all visible objects by their means, like a Michelangelo, a Raphael, or a Titian?”
-Galileo Galilei “Dialogue Concerning the Two ... full info