Venezia/Padova...Picturesss February 23rd 2008 Wow, I had quite the packed weekend excursion. We had our first study trip to Padova and Venice...and wow. Padova was unexpectedly a really cool city. We visted the Scrovegni Chapel and saw some of Giotto's original frescoes (Giotto is credited with being the first realist painter of the middle ages). They had us sit in this room to change the oxygen level of our breath to create a more friendly e ... read more
Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice 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
Michelle here, Just making a blog to write about my adventures during my semester abroad in Italy. I'm 20 years old from Southern California. This is my first time traveling to Europe, and it should be one hell of a time.
I will be staying in Parma, IT with a host-family for the most of my trip but will be taking study trips to Venice, Florence, and Rome...as well as other parts of Italy that are up for argumentation. I'll be traveling on my own around Italy and the rest of Europe during my stay and have the tentative return to the States on Jun 29th, but that's also not definite.
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