Italy 03' or Unpacking?

I finally started going through some of the boxes in the office and I came across my pictures from my summer music program in Italy with Afton and Riki. Yes, a distraction! Oh the memories, the Summer school, not so good, but everything else was great. I had a lot of fun this afternoon postponing further organization of the office and reminisced while touching up more photos.

A room with a view. I loved that we stayed in a flat and were able to look out over the country side. The view is picturesque but the sounds that came from this particular window were not always. On many occasions we could hear the old Italian lady that lived in the building would often start yelling and swearing in Italian at who knows who. The sounds may have not always been pleasant but the swearing old lady must have been some cook because it always smelled really good! Mmmmm

The school took us on a weekend to Switzerland. I wasn't necessarily excited about this, but quickly changed my mind once we arrived. We stayed in a little skiing town called Andermatt. We had the opportunity to take a lift up to the Alps and had a great experience. It was an amazing afternoon, and I would love to go back. Everything was so clean!

Picture from our day trip to Venice. I am glad we had a chance to go so I can say I went on a gondola ride, fed the pigeons, and stood in Piazza San Marco. Venice is expensive and crowded, so I think my day trip was good enough for me.

SINALUNGA, not the most exciting day but the locals made us a feast that we all enjoyed. We ate in a barn type place across from the small church we would perform in later. The landscape again was amazing. This is a picture of Afton striking a pose in front of the vineyards, how cool is that.

Sigh, Lubbock can't quite be compared to the landscapes of Italy so these pictures and memories will have to do. Now back to maybe organizing the office, I can pretend that just outside the window is a terracotta roof and rolling hills as far as the eye can see.