Vicenza

I know I've been out for a while, but I've been very busy. Hopefully I'll be able to post a lot soon to catch back up. I'll continue to talk a bit about my trip from the weekend before last (sigh, so far behind...)

If you look at a map of Italy, you'll see that Florence is right in the center, and Vicenza is a short distance to the North. The day after my little adventure of being lost in Florence, the three of us made our way around the city to check out some things we'd missed the first time around. This included a visit to David, but for the most part we just wandered for a bit.

That afternoon we jumped on a train to Vicenza, which lasted about 3 hours. We honestly didn't know much about the city when we left, except that Palladio -- a famous Renaissance architect -- built a bunch of buildings there.

We arrived, walked around a bit, took some pictures, found a little hostel, ate at a cool help-yourself (but not really buffet) restaurant, explored the night-time city, and went to bed.

The next morning we did more of the same, mainly just exploring. However we did have one noteworthy experience, we visited the Villa Rotonda, aforementioned Palladio's most famous work. It's a jewel of Renaissance thinking: perfectly symmetrical in all directions. Not exactly my favorite, but exquisite in proportion and balance.

Afterward, we walked back into the city and caught the train to our next stop: Padova.