Check out my cousin-in-law’s blog of her summer adventure teaching English to a young boy in Italy and staying with his family. It’s a fun read and man, I wish I’d thought of a way to do this when I was her age! Hope to catch up with her and her host family in Italy sometime soon.
In case you haven’t seen the new page we added, check out Drawing From The Masters. If you’re an arts enthusiast who appreciates Italy’s contribution to the Renaissance and the modern art world alike, this is the experience for you. You’ll have an extremely talented professional portrait artist and his art historian father guiding you through a series of drawing classes and art experiences in the perfect Italian setting. And don’t worry, all the good food and wine experiences that are a must in Italy are par for the course! Imagine seeing the classics by Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, Tintoretto, Donatello, Bernini, etc and then learning the historical and intellectual backdrops for them…and then getting professional instruction on how to incorporate the classics into your own artistic expression. If you’re an educator at the secondary or collegiate level, this might well be something your school should offer, and we’d be happy to help you arrange it.
Not too shabby! Lots of great shots. I’m less and less impressed by some of the Instagram gimmicks out there all the time and think they don’t contribute as much as Instagram wants you to think (the Vatican shot is a prime example…does that really help you get a better sense of the place?), but sometimes they really just nail the feel of the place and provide an emotional understanding a generic iPhone shot won’t.
Sassi Italy Tours 