Day 8: Last full day in Padova
Not much in the way of pictures today. We had a lecture at 9:00 this morning about Venetian art. The lecturer was Penelope Brownell. Of interest was the Scuola and the art the Scuole sponsored.
After lunch Karen and I re-visited the Basilica of Saint Anthony.
After the lecture we went looking for art books, particularly one about the Basilica, but we didn't find anything that we liked. There was a celebratory dinner, with Prosecco and Pecorino (a regional hard cheese) before. Afterwards we serenaded the kitchen and wait staff with the Chorus we learned earlier. The hotel staff distributed medals for each of us. Very enjoyable time.
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Spent the last part of the evening packing for tomorrow's departure to Venice.
At various times during the week, when we were in our room, I turned on Italian TV. I must say I wasn't impressed. Seemed as though every show was some sort of beauty pageant, with 30-50 identically bathing-suited dark-haired Barbie cutout figures - always grinning, overseen by an old Satyr as Master of Ceremonies. Not very exciting. We did catch part of an episode of "Bonanza" dubbed in Italian. Funny. |