Highbrow and Lowbrow Entertainment

In touring the Parthenon this morning, we now have the intellectual sustanence to finish out the trip with a nap and a dinner in The Plaka. The kids have done a great job balancing highbrow culture with lowbrow fun. A few examples follow:

High:

Many took in the Mozart concerto in the fortress floating above Salzburg. Ask your child if he/she went. I know that Caitlyn Penny and Kristen Bohannan were moved to tears, and I believe Peter Cameron was seen drying his eyes.
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While many went to Rome on their free day in Florence, only Matt Lucky and Meghan Abramczyk made it inside the big three: St. Peters, The Vatican and The Coliseum.

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Redoubtably, the finest meal experience was Alex Laetsch's doing: He brought a few of us to Il Profeti's in Florence: It's a small, unpretentious place that's become a secret hideaway for celebrities. Most of these guys had what was dubbed "The John Travolta Special," although one girl chose the rare truffles recipe from the historic menu. Laetch bought a round of bruschetta for appetizers, and the boys, not knowing how else to show their delight in a fine trattetoria, gave each other high fives.



Leftside of table: DeWitt, Laetsch, Cook, Mathieu & Graeber
Rightside: Haynes, Barron, Carroll, Tsujimoto & Graeber

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In Paris many braved a torrid rain to take in the Louvre. Maddy DeWitt-Hoeger, her exchange student Marine, and Chelsea Alexander also made it to the newly opened L'Orangerie museum. Meanwhile, Waldo ducked into a movie theater to catch Sophia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, which doesn't open in the states until the Fall. Ha.

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Lena Takehana, David Eiges, Mark Paulsen, Kelley Tran, Genevieve Wong,
Ryan Sung, Christine Huang, Maddy
and Waldo went to the fanciest
hot chocolate shop in the world
one night in Florence. The
15-page menu featured
concoctions from their own
baristas who've won
international competitions.
Eiges is still licking the minty
chocolate taste from the roof of his
mouth and Sung bought two bottles of
better-than-nutella's sauce for home.
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Genevieve Wong at Hemingways














Low:

We'll there's not only the hearts tournament--won by THall, of course--but there was the Egyptian Rat Slap Tournament, won by Andrea Ingrassia, I believe. At least others have the scars to prove it.

In London, Emma Parkes and Kristen Bohannan attended an Underground Indie Rock concert that they will forever rave about. It's possible they consider this highbrow entertainment.

Not sure if anyone went bungie jumping, but over 30 kids bought 30 Euro tickets, and there's a few videos floating around.





Billy Barron, Eric Haynes, Alex Laetch and Aaron Plocky learned a few English Beer-drinking songs from some new Brit friends. Might have mentioned that already.

Some people ate lots of ice cream--not even at the finest shops.

Time for my nap.

LV