Tivoli, and our final fantastic lunch
We finish, as always, with a fabulous lunch at the Grand Tourists' lunch place of choice. In the shade of the 1st century BC temple of...
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- Mar 24
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The Private Visit to the Vatican Collection
Once again the excellent Harriet Artautovic captured the utter delight and exceptional privilege that we share ...a superb experience...
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- Mar 22
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Two More Days in Rome
Well, we had to have ONE grizzly day of weather, and of course it came on the day when we were going to be outside pretty well all of the...
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- Mar 20
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Sunday in Rome
We began with Frank Dabell in Borromini's spectacular church of Sant'Ivo all Sapienza, an extraordinary work of spiritual geometry....
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- Mar 19
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First day in Rome
We arrived in brilliant sunshine after our journey from Florence, to a very different environment. Rome is a capital city, buzzing with...
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- Mar 17
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Last days in Florence
The sun was shining as we visited some glorious sites; a PRIVATE visit to Michelangelo's extraordinary Laurentian Library, designed for...
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- Mar 14
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Gamberaia
At the end of our day we headed out of town to visit the lovely gardens of Villa Gamberaia. A Renaissance villa, created with the words...
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- Mar 13
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First Days in Florence
Whilst I may be completely unaware of the glorious nightlife available to students in Florence, it's always so rewarding to see a good...
charlie06064
- Mar 10
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That's it Folks!
The John Hall Venice Course Venice & London section is over. Some of us are now in sunny Firenze whilst others are home, or at least en...
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- Mar 9
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The Private Visit to The Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Since the inception of The John Hall Course in 1965, we have always had a friendly relationship with the great Peggy Guggenheim...
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- Mar 8
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The Group Photo - Which one to choose?
and who was missing?
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- Mar 8
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Our Party at Geoffrey's Studio
A few of us had to bail out due to illness, but the course was superbly represented, and the party went on late...good fun and thanks to...
charlie06064
- Mar 5
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A day in the Veneto sunshine
We set off (reasonably) early to get out to visit some amazing sites out of Venice, our final 'day out'. Our first visit was the...
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- Mar 5
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Shopping & Cooking
The day started at Rialto Market, where Marika met the group to explain where the best places to source ingredients are to be found....
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- Mar 1
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A windy, cold and clear day on The Lagoon
But it was delightfully cosy and snug on our first visit to the brilliant Zanetti fornace where we were greeted by Damiano, the...
charlie06064
- Feb 26
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2010 lives again! This is the home movie diary
Last night I bumped into a few of the 2010 alums having a classy drink at Bar Rosso. They reminded me that they had made a short film of...
charlie06064
- Feb 25
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More Cookery
Making fresh pasta should be so easy...we know that eating it is! - Thanks to Harriet and Saskia for the great photos
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- Feb 24
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Week D and some catch up photos
We spent some of our fourth week going around Venice and looking at more extraordinary art, from the glorious art of Paolo Veronese in...
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- Feb 17
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The first half of the Venice Course ends
It was a foggy morning, our first day without sunshine for the entire three weeks; quite amazing for a marine city in January and...
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- Feb 12
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From San Giorgio Maggiore, The Cini Foundation to Padova
We ended our week in the brilliant sunshine that we have become accustomed to with a couple of fantastic trips away from the lecture...
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