Ravenna

17Sept11 Our first port of call was to Ravenna, Italy, a small town known for it’s mosaics. We spent a half-day roaming around town before stumbling upon what was clearly a resting place for vampires. Matt, totally oblivious, chose to rest there on the marble stairs just in front of the crypts, somehow thinking he’d be safe with the sun shinning on him I suppose. How he’d managed to miss both book and movie documenting the vampires’ alarming evolutionary jump from burn to shimmer, is quite beyond me.  I somehow managed to guide the clueless man thru the doors of a nearby church under the pretext of taking photos – as if!  I’m finally beginning to understand the previously inexplicable number of churches throughout Europe. 

Later on, we discovered a large flea-market area with both food and clothing items for sale. We were impressed to see nearly all of the vendors in vans that were specifically designed for a farm-to-market set-up, with pop-out display cases and shade awnings.

On our way to the Mosaic Museum, we discovered a park with several cool looking mosaics. My favorite one is of a pirate ship chasing a peaceful sailboat. The mosaics in the park managed to sate our thirst to view mosaics so we skipped the museum and headed back to the ship.

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