St. Mark's square
St. Mark's square flooded during high tide
Main canal at night
Glass blowing on Murano

View of Venice from the islands
Carlo Scarpa cemetery

I must first state that Venice has been my favorite place in Italy thus far. The city is amazing, the streets are winding, and canals greet you at every turn. The food was great, I ate one amazing meal of clam pasta, a great break from the sandwhich making. St. Mark's is the beautiful square and church we stayed near, and it even flooded for us on the last night-an event that occurs 100 times a year. The first day we were there some of us went to the island of Murano and experianced the famous glass culture of Venice- glass blowing was a tantilizing art that I'd love to try sometime. The other parts of the trip were more academic based-but we did visit a Carlo Scarpa Cemetery(one of my favorite architects) in Brion. In Vecenza we were assigned a tour of Palladio's architecture which was very stately. Now I must buckle down and finish my project before Independent travel, and next week Mom, Dad, and Laura visit me here in Genova!