Hello From Genoa!
Yesterday announced the arrival of all five graduates to the C.E. Daniel Villa for the 3rd Official Genoa Field School. Alison, Claire, Katie, and myself arrived in Italy on the 5th of May (Happy Cinco de Mayo!) in Rome where we later traveled to Florence before arriving at the Villa first in the mid-afternoon on the 13th. Frankie arrived in Rome on the 5th as well but headed to Pescara before visiting Chieuti, the birth place of her great-grandfather, to document her ancestral history. The weather since arriving has luckily been beautiful, sunny, and 72 plus degrees but shortly after visiting the grocery store and getting settled into the Villa, a thunderstorm rolled into the mountainous port of Genoa. Last night during the storm we rested up and made plans for the days to follow!
Today, Frances gave us a walking tour of Genoa to show us all the major landmarks so we can’t get lost. There are a lot of stairs, as previous years’ posts have attested to! Luckily for us, Florence’s Duomo and Tower visits have been great warm-ups to the stair workout Genoa has in store for us! Looking forward to starting documentation of the front façade of the Villa tomorrow.
Ciao!
Laura Lee
Genoa map with inked in tour given to us today by Frances Ford to introduce us to the city.
Our first view of Via Garibaldi to orient ourselves to the city! Later in the trip we will be visiting the museums.
A quick photo of the Piazza G. Matteotti to orient us to the city of Genoa.
The first group photo shot in front of the Cathedral of San Lorenzo built in the 12th Century.
A beautiful picture of the port and the Acquario di Genova in the background before our visit to Eatily to see all the food variety offered in Genoa.
Luckily for us this year Frances took us down to the shopping on Via XX Settembre where we visited Tezevi’s, Zara, and Coin to see the current Italian clothing trends!
Our last stop of the day before climbing up to the Villa was to stop at Profumo di Rosa Gelateria to get gelato!
You found the best gelato in town, yay!!!!