Today we stopped in Ravenna on our way to Florence. I knew the city was famous for its beautiful mosaics, but I was completely astonished by the Basilica of San Vitale. The church, a UNESCO World Heritage site, was built in the sixth century and it has the best preserved Byzantine mosaics outside of Istanbul. The grandeur defies description–overwhelmingly beautiful.
The students have been great–interested, enthusiastic and kind. They’ve made good friends with our counterparts from rural Georgia. We lost two adults and one student phone, and missed an hour looking for them, but eventually found them all and moved on.
Our hotel just outside of Florence is in a beautiful setting.
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