My, oh my! What adventures I have had traveling through Europe. I must start this post with a huge THANK YOU to Abby for encouraging me to apply for and take this trip! Also, it was Matt's (Mr.G's) talk about Global Education at our teacher meetings last year that sparked me to dream up this amazing trip and apply it to the first grade curriculum. Without both of their help and support, this trip wouldn't have happened so...THANK YOU!
I am writing this post from Vermont...I drove up this morning after arriving back to Providence yesterday evening. I've reunited with Stella (She's ignoring me! I think she's a little mad I left her for a month!) and I've been sharing stories of my travels with anyone who will listen!
The last few days of my trip were spent in Nice, France. I loved the beaches in Nice, because they are all stone - no sand all over your body or in your sandwich! It is like a hot stone massage to lay on them! I loved it! One day, I took the ferry to St. Tropez and enjoyed the glitz and glamor of this hot-spot. I also went to the Henri Matisse museum, as Nice is one of the places where Henri lived. Do you remember in the book "Bonjour, Mr.Satie!" about the competition between Picasso and Matisse? I saw some of the actual paintings that were illustrations in the book! I've posted some pictures of Matisse and Picasso work - some from the museum, some not!
I've included some other pictures from my journey. It's been wonderful sharing this trip with you! Thank you for your comments and emails! I'll see you soon! Enjoy the last few days of summer vacation!
Signing off -
Your Lovely European Blogger,
Katy
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| This is the St.Stefano Church in Venice! (This one's for you SP) |
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| Messi jerseys were all over! (This one's for you JD) |
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| Enjoying the Matisse Museum! |
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| Guess who this is painted by! |
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| A signed jersey of my favorite (former) Italian soccer player - Roberto Baggio! |
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| I saw an opera being performed on the Spanish Steps in Rome. |
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| Me inside the Colosseum! |
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| Inside the Pantheon in Rome. |
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| I got to meet Olympian Clement Lefert, who got two medals! He is from Nice and was visiting while I was there. |
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| Enjoying a little time on the vespa in St.Tropez! |
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| This is what greeted me as I went to the Dublin airport to go home. It's an advertisement for Barretstown! It brought me back full circle to the reason I came on this trip - to volunteer at this wonderful organization! Love it! |
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| Time to go home!!! |
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