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Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Ravenna December 20th 2007

This is Italy, so all the men are good looking and clean and well dressed. Every one of these gorgeous creatures would be considered "metrosexual" and his sexual orientation very suspect in Australia.....mmm....most of them are married, and ride bicycles with baby seats, just in case you don't get the message.There is a belief in the land of Oz that Italians are fat. Not true...not here, anyway. They walk and ride bicycles everywhere I tossed a coin and went to Italy to learn Italian, Portugal and Portuguese was too near to the awful kids and much worse monitors in this year's camp. As a teacher of English, there are a few things that are constants in a good place to learn English. The same should apply to Italian I thought. The city should be small and ... read more

Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Ravenna November 16th 2007

Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Ravenna August 2nd 2006

Geo: 44.0964, 12.2299Packed up and left Bologna this morning and caught the train. About an hour later I arrived at Ravenna. I left my luggage at the locker in the train station and set off with my map. Ravenna has many celebrated mosaics from the early Christain and Byzantine area. It was also the capital of the Western Roman Empire. First place I went to was St Giovanni Evangelista. In here there were many old mosaics that were faded and not very colorful. The next stop was the Basilica di S.Apollinare Nuovo. This had heaps of colourful mosaics on the sides of the church. Today wasn't very sunny, which didn't help illuminate the mosaics. On the way to the next place on my map, I saw the Palazzo di Teodorico. It is an old ruin and ... read more
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