our journey started out a little bit on the downer side because it was kind of drizzling and we were all pretty tired. it got even worse when we got off the train and realized that we were in a really grey/industrial area. i didn't know what to expect from padua, but it wasn't that. anyway, so we start walking in a random direction that seemed like it would be right (okay, it was pretty much striaght ahead). and then we see this large frosted glass structure in the distance so we're like, "oh, cool, maybe it is a big tunnel thing we can play in." but it was actually so much cooler than that. turns out it was a 9/11 memorial. in... padua. i'm not sure what the reason for it was, maybe a bunch of italians were in the towers on business when it happened? i don't know, but i like to think that there is no reason. here are some photos (that darker piece of metal looking thing is an actual structural beam from one of the towers):
that little figure is sarah!
anyway, so as lame as it sounds, after we saw that things just kind of got better. the weather started to clear up a little bit and we came into an area that was more like a city. and i had a really nice afternoon.
we were on a mission to find the church of san antonio (that's saint anthony for you americans) because vanessa (one of the TAs) really wanted to see it. i also wanted to because i always remember mom praying to saint anthony when something was lost. so anyway we stumbled upon this big open area with lots of statues and a fountain and stuff and a church in the distance. we assumed that it was san antonio. nope, not san antonio. i forget what it actually was, but we took like a 45 minute detour while we circled it and tried to figure out where the hell we were/where the hell saint anthony was. but we eventually found it!
anyway, here are some images of the REAL saint anthony's:
then we grabbed some delicious dinner and on the walk back to the train we ran across some street performers. it was awesome because the one dude sitting down was basically playing a piano but he was doing it by using a mallet to hit the strings on the open top. i will leave you with them:
so cool! i haven't watched the video yet because i'm at work, but i will. one time me and my sister and a couple of others were lost and looking for a concert venue and someone said a prayer to st anthony. and like two seconds later we found the place, we must have driven by it like 5 times before without noticing. so...yup, that's my story. it's pretty much on the same level as being in padua, i would say. was there any cool shakespeare stuff there? is there any in venice? i'm going to look it up and tell you and then you can find it for me :)
ReplyDeleteaww that sounds like such a good day; i smiled just reading about how the things started looking up after you saw the memorial :)
ReplyDeleteI never heard of any of the stuff you mentioned/have pics of, but it looks awesome!
reer miss you!
p.s. the video of those street performers is sweeeeet!
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