Caroline
Apr 6, 2018
Firenze!
It has been an amazing and busy day! We began with a wonderful breakfast in our hotel--all grateful to see eggs again! Then we marched...
Julia Caldwell
Apr 5, 2018
Get on Your Feet!
On this trip, I've really learned the virtue of early rising. By getting up so early we got to see Venice wake up as we went down the...
Kyra Leetz
Apr 4, 2018
Palazzo Ducale/Murano/Concert!
The Palazzo Ducale/Doge's Palace, a gargantuan structure full of some of the most beautiful gold leaf ceilings and perspective paint....
Amelia Lifsitz
Apr 4, 2018
La Fenice!! 3rd Day!!
Today we went to THE most beautiful opera house in the world, La Fenice. It was a pastel blue, pink, and white theme. And had lots of...
Caroline
Apr 3, 2018
Siamo a Venezia!
After a long day and evening of travel we arrived, safe and sound, at Marco Polo Airport and were whisked off to Venice by two water...
Kimy Pedersen
Apr 1, 2018
Pre-Italy: At the Airport
It's about twenty minutes before we board the plane. I'm very excited, since this is going to be my first time out of the country, and...
Caroline
Mar 27, 2018
Italia (in)canta
San Francisco Opera Guild Opera Scouts have been busy! Immersed in Italian culture, language, and music, this winter the troupe enjoyed...
Caroline
Dec 8, 2016
Taking Flight
December is the month of pageants and solos and chorus concerts, of orchestral evenings and dance recitals, of A Christmas Carol and...
Caroline
Nov 14, 2016
Compassion and Connection in a Combative Culture
We are currently living in a complicated, divided culture where passions, loyalties, assumptions, and fears are tested, flexed, asserted,...