OKay- I've eaten enough pasta. It was today at lunch, as my heaping bowl of spiral noddles and pesto looked back at me that I came to the horrible conclusion- I'm done with this.
There was a dinner party at the Dean's house last night. Lorenzo da Castro lives in his family plazzo (or palace), on the grand canal. The house was amazing! Huge ceilings with Murano glass chandeliers everywhere, a collection of international items, like vases from China, scrolls from Japan, wardrobes from Ireland- truly a collection.
At the end of the evening we were given postcards that Lorenzo's mother Matilde painted of the house, AKA palazzo di Parisi. Matilde also teaches at the school and is my instructor for both etching and book making. Someone said that she actually started the school some 25 years ago, but I'll have to look in to that.
We had a delightful time, speaking of various things such as racial discrimination in Venice to the evil of TV. After Lorenzo went on a very long speech about why TV was a horrible waste of time and mind killer, I had to ask where I could buy one. No worries! Turns out you can watch Italian tv for free at rai.it! Watching tv is the most helpful way for me to learn a language, or so I told Lorenzo.
The roomies and I all wandered home after dinner, accidently ending up S. Margarita where the majority of bars are located. Instead of having another romp at the one bar we go to, we all just bought gelato and went home. A grand evening overall.
Oh, and what did we have for dinner. You got it- pasta.
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