Rita Beth (Rochester Class of '62), her daughter Cami, and grandson Benjamin have shared pictures and observations from their trip to Italy.

Do some research and find out which movies were made at this villa, 1/2 hour north of Milan, Italy.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Como

www.leonardo3.net/leonardo/machines_eng.htm

www.leonardodavincimilano.com/

Picture taken of a copy at the science museum in Milan, Italy.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo)

Rita Beth and Benjamin saw the original but weren't allowed to take pictures of it.

arthistory.about.com/cs/leonardo/a/last_supper.htm

www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/

www.travelforkids.com/Funtodo/Italy/milan.htm

Duomo in Milan, Italy

www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/milan-duomo.htm

Click the download button to learn about the bridge.

Statues of horses are everywhere in Sienna. Here they are on the façade of a church.


Click the link below...all about Siena.

www.italyguides.it/us/siena_italy/siena_italy.htm

We arrived in Florence and soon we got tickets for the "hop on hop off" bus to tour the city. This is an excellent way to see the highlights. We three
sat on the upper deck of the bus so we were in the open air.

Benjamin wore the ear buds that feed tour information.

Click the download button to read about the hop on hop off bus tours...........

The Duomo in Florence is gorgeous, outside and inside. We all climbed to the top.

Benjamin loved visiting all these churches!

look at all the tourists!

Here you can see the track where the horses run the race.

Here is another view of the race track complete with a policeman.

www.premier.net/~Italy/palio.htm

Another example of how much these people love horses.