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April 7, 2005
Trip to Itay
Well, I finally have gotten over jet lag and am now in the Eastern Time Zone. I went to Italy to record the church sanctuary choir as they performed in a choral competition. They performed well.
 | We left Tuesday around 3:00 p.m. After a 9.5 hours of planes, we arrived in Milan Italy around 9:00 a.m. Wednesday. Our hotel was REALLY nice, 4 star hotel which was in between Bardolino and the lakeside village of Cisano. We had the open ceremony later that evening and then crash back at the hotel after being up for over 24 hours. |
| Thursday we ventured to Venice. We left the hotel and traveled by motorcoach (don't call it a bus) to the ferry over to Venice. There we recorded a concert at Santa Maria della Pieta church. From there we were able to tour Venice on our own. We saw St. Mark's Basilica and the Rialto Bridge and wandered through the shopping district. I did notice that the canals have a certain distinctive aroma, I only occasionally noticed it and even then only on small, stagnant canals. |  |
 | Friday was the day of the competition where the choir performed at the Teatro Nuovo in Verona. Following the performance, we skipped over to the church of St. Tomaso where we laid down two more recording tracks. We were able to enjoy time on our own in the city. We saw the Arena di Verona and Juliette's balcony. |
| Saturday was also spent in Verona as we attended the closing ceremonies at teh Teatro Filarmonico. The evening friendship concert was cancelled due to the pope's passing. |  |
| We left Verona at 3:00 a.m. and headed to Milan to fly towards the west. 10.5 hours later, Atlanta, and 3 days later my body said I was back on Eastern Standard Time. |
| The trip was really enjoyable, a short trip, but long. The sites over there were amazing, the US doesn't have anything to compare. The history of some of the places, wow. |
Here are the pictures
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|->Venice
|->Verona
|->Teatro Filarmonico
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