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Friday, June 15, 2007

An Italian List for Darick

Things to do with Darick when he and I come to Italy together (some I've done, and some I want to do):
  • In Rome:
    • The Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
    • Mass at St. Peter's
    • Lunch in the Jewish Ghetto
    • Ruins, especially Circus Maximus
    • Wine at night at the Trevi Fountain
    • Villa Borghese
    • Burial place of Raphael, Pantheon
    • That great gelateria
    • A short ride in the world's largest hot air balloon
  • In Florence:
    • The Uffizi
    • The Galleria della Accademia
    • Burial place of Michelangelo, Santa Croce
    • That great restaurant
    • A trip into Tuscany for grape pressing and wine tasting
  • In Venice:
    • Gondola ride at dusk
    • The Guggenheim
    • The view from the church across from Piazza San Marco
    • Murano
    • The library (really a church) from Indiana Jones and the last Crusade
  • In Milan:
    • Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper
    • An opera at La Scala
    • Football game (Inter Milan!)

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