Racing and Rocks
Today was the Corri La Vita in Florence. It is the equivalent of the Race for the Cure and the Relay for Life. Thousands of people gathered in Santa Croce piazza and walked through the streets of Firenze. This year the t-shirt was donated by Salvatore Ferragamo. Tracy and I are disappointed in the quality but the design is good and his name is everywhere on the shirt. Of course, they also had some free goodies for the race participants. My bag contained: two key chains, a ruler, a cute cell phone holder and lanyard, and a CD. The CD is one that they gave to those who went to see a special Botticelli exhibit last year. It is called Music for Botticelli. Some classical mixed with modern but overall very relaxing.As we started the race/walk from the front steps of the Sante Croce, Robbie was taking group photos everywhere and Mona was trying to get the students to do “stretching exercises.” It was great fun. We stayed pretty much in a group for the first several blocks and then the students who wanted to run took off. A couple completed the 6K run. Mona and I walked for an hour with the students. The route took us right in front of the Pitti Palace and the house where Elizabeth Barrett Browning lived when in Florence. On Thursday we had walked by a different side of the house and our tour guide for the day, Cindy pointed it out to us. So today when Mona says, “Look there is Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s house,” one student who shall not be named said, “No, that’s not it,” and proceeded to argue with Mona. I looked at the plaque stating that it was indeed EBB’s former abode and just laughed out loud! Then the topic shifted to what type of rock was used to make the wall at the Pitti Palace. She asked if they were “igneous” to which I replied that they were big rocks who knew or really cared if they were igneous or not.
About an hour into the walk, Mona and I found a lovely little sidewalk coffee bar and sat to enjoy a cappuccino. Then we wandered the back way to the finish line after stopping at a cute jewelry place in the Piazza de Signoria. We did officially walk throught the red arch of the finish line to complete our version of the Corri La Vita!
Sweet Brenda the comm. department queen says that this is a character building semester…I guess that I am building it one igneous rock at a time. Now can someone tell me what the smack is an igneous rock?
posted by BW @ 3:44 PM
6 Comments:
Tim says an igneous rock is from a volcano. Was there a volcano in Florence once? Joe says an igneous rock is formed quickly ( 1,000 years as opposed to a million years which are called sedimentary rocks). Now, that's your science lesson for the day. I probably wouldn't mind to so a relay for life or such if I could do it the way you and Mona do it.
And I am floored that someone would have the gall to argue with Mona about what or where anything was or is in Florence!
igneous rock
n : rock formed by the solidification of molten magma
WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University.
Hmm ur friend may be right this may be a character building semester. However ,BECKY, this type character building is also been known to cause migraines! Ill have aunt tammie mail u imitrex immediatly. Until it arrives use this home remedy to help stop them, it is as follows: one trip to hidden diet coke stash i mean coca-cola light stash (i know u have one), one helping of nutella and or one helping of gelato while watching an italian sunset (preferrably alone or with another who is dear to ur heart and will not mess up a gorgeous sunset by speaking to much!). I hope you have a great upcoming week and i cant wait to hear the new adventures!
i'm pretty sure the pitti palace is NOT made of a volcanic rock...unless the volcano has since sunk into the earth and the rock has turned a nice rosy shade of tan.
now, remember where that cute jewelry store is, so we can go.
http://www.literarytraveler.com/....i saw this site when i was looking up info about E.B.B....maybe others would like to look at the site
do you like ANY of your students?
I love ALL the students. But there are a couple who need reality checks and one who needs lots of attention. Mostly, it is just too funny not to share.
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