MichelleDuality in Italy
September 15th 2007 11:44
I don’t know who must have found him out there, but when he gets home he settles down and tells his family what happened. His family were probably scared, worried for him so he tells them about his night. But…what’s he feeling? Was he unfazed by his choice to stay in the boat? Was he shamed by his own timidity to climb out that night?
Despite the reassurances of his family does he wonder what it would have felt like to take that step…and feel the ice beneath his feet?
I don’t know what I would have done. I can only say that if the wind had been whispering anything to me, it would have been to get out of that boat.
The Duomo is home to about a million pigeons. Even as it’s romantic, those birds are not helping that building and the Italians have spent a lot of money restoring the cathedral. The best time to see the Cathedral is in the late afternoon, as the sun is going down. It’s a wonder what the dying sun does to the white marble of this building and is worth a pause. Even a photo or two.
As I mentioned before, the building has an interesting duality. The interior, even as it is imposing and ‘grand’ in a distant, morbid kind of day, is also cold and lacks any accessible light so it has a strong strain of dimness which makes it hard to stick around for too long. The glass stained windows are quiet beautiful but in comparison to many of Europe’s Cathedrals, they can’t really compare.
There is a museum of sorts of the Duomo and it shows how the restoration took place, as well as a large wooden model of the Duomo.
Despite the reassurances of his family does he wonder what it would have felt like to take that step…and feel the ice beneath his feet?
I don’t know what I would have done. I can only say that if the wind had been whispering anything to me, it would have been to get out of that boat.
The Duomo is home to about a million pigeons. Even as it’s romantic, those birds are not helping that building and the Italians have spent a lot of money restoring the cathedral. The best time to see the Cathedral is in the late afternoon, as the sun is going down. It’s a wonder what the dying sun does to the white marble of this building and is worth a pause. Even a photo or two.
As I mentioned before, the building has an interesting duality. The interior, even as it is imposing and ‘grand’ in a distant, morbid kind of day, is also cold and lacks any accessible light so it has a strong strain of dimness which makes it hard to stick around for too long. The glass stained windows are quiet beautiful but in comparison to many of Europe’s Cathedrals, they can’t really compare.
There is a museum of sorts of the Duomo and it shows how the restoration took place, as well as a large wooden model of the Duomo.
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