Choppy Chopin

I think it has been over a week now since I have written anything so this post will be a review of whatever i can remember... I'll try to put everything in order as much as possible. I have been full force visiting museums and churches and have seen many beautiful and incredible things. So far i have been disappointed by only one church. Every other church, no matter how big or small, has in some way been unique and/or intriguing. One of my most recent visits (should i mention the name? I'm afraid to offend the saint) was pretty boring and even ugly. But whatevs. I also visited the ducal palace with my Venetian History teacher. It was the field trip for learning about the functions and organization of the government during the republic... what better place to learn about than in the actual halls in which it all took place. Speaking of the Palazzo Ducale, which is in St. Mark's Square, with the recent arrival of Spring weather, the orchestra's have started performing outside the cafe's in St. Mark's. Speaking of music... I went to two concerts this week at La Fenice. One was a performance of Beethoven's 5th and 6th symphonies. The 5th is of course fun to hear performed by an orchestra but the 6th, my favorite of LvB's symphonies, was incredible. I just got home from a piano concert of Chopin, Debussy, and Schuman by some German guy.  It was pretty good as well but i felt that there was something about his playing style or method than made all the music sound in-cohesive or choppy. The British lady who sat in my box for the first half seemed to like it. She said, and i quote, "It brought to mind young children (are there old children?) frolicking in a wood." I also went to a cooking class this week which was taught by one of the teachers from school. It was a great time because Rachel, from binghamton, and another friend... attended and also because the food was delicious and the other company, especially the teacher, was a whole lot of fun. 

I almost forgot. This saturday i did a few interesting things. I went to this small town called Civadale del Friulli. It's a medieval town, only 20 km from the border with Slovenia, with some really cool sights and churches. I also had a great meal that only cost 4 euro. Poor man's food: polenta, sausage, and this potato and cheese concoction. Unreal. That evening i met my friends Sara, Richard and Anna in Udine. That city is about 1.5 hours from Venice and only 15 min from Civadale where i spent the morning and afternoon. We walked around the city for a little, there was a chocolate  street fair. Oh god. One stand had all this chocolate molded into the shapes of different kinds of tools. I ate a wrench.

 

Then we went to a soccer game/ football match: Udinese vs. Lazio. It was quite an interesting experience, my first football game and all, but to fully enjoy it i think i need to know a bit more about the game. Thats about all for now. I will try not to slack off as much anymore especially since i have some pretty exciting stuff coming up. Ciao and peace.

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