Lauren’s Pink Absence

In spectacular detail, three people were drawing some of the well known Italian master art works in Pastels.  It was quite a sight to see.  It lasts a only a few moments but is enjoyed by many in Florence.

How to be a fashionable Italian woman?  Patterned dress, Italian leather handbag (of course), over-sized sunglasses, sandals, black hair and tanned skin.  I think I’ll just take the handbag, sandals and the dress.

In Reggio Emilia the Piazza S. Prospero has a spectacular church which is guarded by four lions.  The Piazza is a great place to be as long as it is not midday.  At this time the stone covered Piazza (with no trees) becomes an oven.  So when in Italy do what the Italians do,  go home at 12 or 1 to sleep and have lunch for a couple of hours, then start again.

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I am in the land of Chinotto, Caffe and Pasta, Reggio Emilia, Italy.  Am I really here?  I could wake at any moment.  I hope I don’t wake until the plane home on the 19th.  I am here with a friend from work Victoria, to participate in an intensive study course of the Early Childhood centres in Reggio Emilia.  This has been one of my dreams for eight years.  Keep checking out my blog as there is more to come.

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