Well we
really suck at these blog things. . . . . . like horribly so! Granted though
once we arrived at Villa Pieve we just immediately jumped into classes. Meaning
that nothing really happened excepted studying for Art History and learning
Italian from our new teach Catia. However, since it was only classes during
this time I mainly stayed in the bedroom watching Italian TV shows while my
girl headed to class. . . . it was nice to be able to sleep in finally.
Added to these classes we meet some new people (the Vasta family) and made them our new friends. And learned about the castle that laid barely a 100 ft away from the villa, we woke up every morning to the grand site of a once summer castle of the Pope. The castle is currently under restoration from the students in Perugia so unfortunately we weren’t able to get into the castle.
The Vasta family is a very amazing and welcoming family. The family and the people who worked at the Villa were very helpful in any questions that we could come up with and aided us on all the trips we took as a class and as individuals. We mainly only saw Rossella and Davide of the Vasta family; and the amazing workers Paola, Ivan, and Antanella.
During the second week or third week of our stay at the Villa my girl started her Clay class. My girl took a tour with her class to Deruta, the home of one of the oldest majolica factories in the world, the Grazia Majolica Factory. The factory had been in the Grazia family for 25 generations and though times have been tough for majolica merchandise they continue to stay strong and flourish. During their tour my girl and her class were able to paint one majolica plate and one majolica bowl, which basically took one whole afternoon but it was sooo much fun.
My girl even had to help make the classes kiln since Villa Pieve didn’t own one and there was no kiln anywhere near Villa Pieve for her class to use. It was quite the experience especially since my girl was an over achiever and made a set of little replicas as well as a giant snake.
Added to these classes we meet some new people (the Vasta family) and made them our new friends. And learned about the castle that laid barely a 100 ft away from the villa, we woke up every morning to the grand site of a once summer castle of the Pope. The castle is currently under restoration from the students in Perugia so unfortunately we weren’t able to get into the castle.
The Vasta family is a very amazing and welcoming family. The family and the people who worked at the Villa were very helpful in any questions that we could come up with and aided us on all the trips we took as a class and as individuals. We mainly only saw Rossella and Davide of the Vasta family; and the amazing workers Paola, Ivan, and Antanella.
During the second week or third week of our stay at the Villa my girl started her Clay class. My girl took a tour with her class to Deruta, the home of one of the oldest majolica factories in the world, the Grazia Majolica Factory. The factory had been in the Grazia family for 25 generations and though times have been tough for majolica merchandise they continue to stay strong and flourish. During their tour my girl and her class were able to paint one majolica plate and one majolica bowl, which basically took one whole afternoon but it was sooo much fun.
My girl even had to help make the classes kiln since Villa Pieve didn’t own one and there was no kiln anywhere near Villa Pieve for her class to use. It was quite the experience especially since my girl was an over achiever and made a set of little replicas as well as a giant snake.
With love,
M.D. and Jazz
M.D. and Jazz
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