Class, The Aquarium, & The Lighthouse

I just looked at the blog and realized my last post was 6 days ago! Sorry for the delay everyone. Here are a few pictures showcasing what we did this week. Below you'll see images of the students drawing in the Villa garden for Hans' class on Wednesday. After drawing, we went to the Aquarium of Genoa. It was fun, but because we were told it was the largest aquarium in Italy, we were a little disappointed - it wasn't that big. After lunch, I made my second attempt to climb the Lighthouse of Genoa, only to be disappointed again. Apparently it's only open on weekends and holidays, strange. At least I got a nice photo of all the students from the base of the Lighthouse.

From left to right: Mark, James, Tyarn, & London

From left to right: Sterling, Salena, Megan, & Jon

Here are all the students at the Lighthouse. We were at the base, the top was closed.

Penguins at the Aquarium.

Manateeeeeeeeeee

Tigershark, I believe. I did not see any tiger bait, though.

To The Lighthouse!

I had a very good day today. It included a productive morning and an enjoyable class in the afternoon. Around 6:00, though, a bunch of us set out to find the Genoa lighthouse. It's viewable from a distance, but we had no clue how long it would take to walk to it. Well, it took about an hour! Unfortunately the Lighthouse was closed, but we could walk around the base. In the first photo you can see the large shipping yard with thousands of containers ready to go in and out of the port. Photo #2 features Mark, Josh, Sam, Jennifer, and London. Finally in the third photo you get a good view of the Lighthouse itself. According to Wikipedia, a lighthouse has stood on this location since 1128, although the current structure was built in 1543. It is also the second tallest masonry lighthouse in the world.