Bus Tour

The Wisteria is blooming everywhere, here on a yellow wall at the Villa Barabaro.

Ceiling inside the Villa; the entire inside of the building is painted like this, floor to ceiling.








Steps leading into the chapel at the Brion Vega cemetery.


Runnels.





Drawing of the chapel.





Chapel on the water.




The kitchen at the agro tourism restaraunt where we had lunch, completely open to the dining room.







Well, the blog has become a little sparse lately due to a more regular life kind of schedule. We are taking a trip every week, however, when I am more inclined to take pictures. These are from a bus tour we had last Thursday of a few sites outside of Venice: Villa Barbaro, the Brion Vega Cemetery by Carlo Scarpa and the Gypsoteca del Canova, Canova's sculpture studio. This was a treat for me because I got to draw my favorite subject, people, and they stood so still for me! The room was beautiful, white walls filled with white plaster casts of marble sculpture so that everything in the room was shadow and light.

We also had the best meal we've had yet at agro tourism farm in the countryside: spinach and ricotta ravioli that melted in our mouths, risotto with white asparagus, roasted\deep fried potatoes, swiss chard and chicken, and as always unlimited wine and bottles of fizzy water. All the food came either from the farm or within 15 kilometers of the farm. Food has been an essential component of our time here, both the meals we've eaten out and the ones we've made from easily available fresh ingredients. I've been in heaven on multiple occasions, lucky to have a couple good friends here who love to cook.