Today we took a look at Byzantine art, it was fascinating! I learnt that the Byzantine era went for 14 thousand years and that the thing that they were most famous for was their amazing glass mosaics. We saw some amazing architecture and learnt that they invented the squinch which is a kinda triangular bit of a dome shaped thing which holds up the dome on top of the their orthodox churches. They also did amazing iluminated manuscripts, paintings and carvings. Wha...

Day 3:Rome Today we looked in greater depth at the early christian art. i found it to be very symbolic and there were not very many pictures as such. we also went down inrto the catacombs which i found quite scary. we finished up with dinner looking out over the city from the mountain. what a day but soon we head on somewhere else i believe .

This is one of the most rich and choice dishes of roman cooking. It is composed of an abundant variety of ingredients: brain, sweetbreads, spinal marrow, testicles, artichokes and, if you like, also apples, ricotta cheese, broccoli, all fried and served at the same time. The most substancial parts are obviously the meats; first of all boil the brain, sweetbreads and testicles each separately for a few minutes. Then coat with flour, dip into beaten egg and fry in ...

DAY 2:ROME Today on landing in Rome we went and saw the Pantheon which I found out is a perfect circle in its structure. The roman empire went for five centuries and had many ups and downs, this reflected in the art. I could also see that they were very handy people; if there was a problem they would invent something to fix it. They invented roads and concrete for just two examples. They also came up with the head and shoulders bust idea We had a traditional R...