Blogs from Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italy, Europe

Recalculating. We have decided to deviate from our original travel route. Having Eurail passes, the train track is literally running out heading south towards Greece. Another option is to fly, and the shortest air time is to go through Turkey. That does not seem like a good idea presently. Therefore, tonight the journey will be on a ferry departing from Split, and arriving in the morning to Ancona, ITALY. Will do Greece another year. The teeny tiny cabin on the ferry has bunk beds. It brings back memories and am so glad Chris gets the top bunk and the ladder. In the middle of the night, under the moonlight, I peer at the calm inky sea. On arriving in Ancona, it is a two hour train ride into Ascoli Piceno. This charming town is where Chris’ ... read more

Day 4 This was a long, wonderful day. We are in the province of Marche, pronounced Marka. Leah, our guide was a local lady and very enthused about introducing Americans to The Marche and Abruzza. Our first stop was Ascoli. On the way we saw The Marche on the right, Abruzza on the left, divided by the Tronto river. The right is populated from the valley to the ridges. On the left there are fields and olive groves and all the villages are on the top of the ridge. More about the differences later. We arrived at Ascoli around 10:00am. We walk to the "Old Town" and stop a the first of two major squares. We visit the local cathedral where there is an Renaissance alter piece that is in tact. Most alter pieces have been ... read more

Ciao, Despite my reservations we had a really good project and ended up being one of the selected three.... read more

Hi All, Today we got to revise our project several times becasue of our reveiw.  We were not quite ready and we were first.  So we had our review and needless to day SETH is also good at cutting people off when they are speaking.  We had an Italain lady and Pepo review us along with Aimee and Betreace.  I could tell she could sympathize becasue we just looked at each other and laughed every time he did it.  Then she explained in Italiand to Pepo what was going and he had a chuckle because he is the one that always cuts her off.  Kathline hardly had two words to say during the review,  prior to this she started to build a model which wasn't done.  But she continued to do so through the reveiw.  Which ... read more

Hi All, Well  I would like to say this day is diffrent from those other days that I have had studio but it is not.   EVERYONE is complaining about having to work on studio everyday.  Back home it is diffrent we only meet three days a week for studio, MWF.  So we have some time to think and ussually put if off till the last minute on the night before.  But having to have work everyday seems to be making some people grumpy, myself included.  Groups are at each others throat,  the one I am in was doing fine but we run into issues on Monday (5th this is fun day).    But we are in a secluded room and have privacy. So we are modifing the project yet again and we were instructed to return to ... read more