Ravenna, Bologna, Verona - Dreaming Beneath the Spires

Ravenna

Mosaics, Ravenna

Boris Johnson, in one of his sensible pronouncements, said it is cheaper to fly to Italy than to fill up your car with petrol. So indeed it is.

We will be flying to Ravenna, Bologna and Verona next week. House and pet sitter all lined up, and he will be painting the house too. Deo gratias!

I am, of course, primarily going to see the Byzantine mosaics in Ravenna, 4th, 5th and 6th century A.D. when Ravenna was the capital of the Western world. Bologna, I’m told is enchanting, and Ruskin, whom I love, highly recommends the art and architecture of Verona. So, all in all, it’s going to be a strenuous, stimulating and God willing, very happy fortnight.

I will keep up with the blog, insofar as I can. I’ve rented apartments with wifi, so will be returning to this century and my blogs in the evenings/late nights.

If anyone has tips/”don’t miss” suggestions for these cities, do share!

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I need some techie advice, please. We have a mass of digital

photographs on our cameras from years of travel and family life.

We need to download them, so that all of us can access them, and I

can easily post them on my blog as illustrations. What is the best

way to go? A web picasa album? Flickr? Facebook? Or?

Thanks much!

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Anita Mathias says
April 4, 2011 at 5:39 pm

Thanks Jen and Penny. Will be there on Wed. Packing and house-tidying intervene. The advantage of housesitters is that you come back to a tidy house–the disadvantage is that you have to tidy up before you leave!! Oh well!!
Jennifer in OR says
April 4, 2011 at 4:46 am

Oh, Italy, that is wonderful!! Looking forward to some photos. And a few inspired words the trip is sure to stir up.
Penelopepiscopal says
April 4, 2011 at 12:12 am

I don't have a recommendation about photo storage (my photos are just on my Mac in the iPhoto application and that works great for me) but I do want to say that I am so looking forward to seeing the photos from this trip. I have never been to either Ravenna or Bologna but of course am very familiar with the mosiacs in Ravenna and can't wait to see what you think of them!
Safe travels!
Penny
Anita Mathias says
April 3, 2011 at 7:26 pm

Emma,Thanks much. I am encouraged. I have 3 English and Creative Writing degrees, but have never studied theology or the Bible formally, so it does take some audacity to attempt this. I am learning a lot, and am enjoying my scriptural immersion immensely.
I love your blog. You see things in a new and fresh way, and it is both edgy and theologically conservative at the same time. Please don't dream of giving it up!
emma says
April 3, 2011 at 6:09 pm

Thanks for all your wisdom blogging through the Bible – it's been a great way of helping me see familiar passages with new eyes.

Have a fabulous holiday too!