Dave and First day of school

Sunday we made our voyage by train to Lucca for the Dave Matthews Concert. We got off the train and made our way through the 20ft walls into the city to the Piazza Napoleone where the concert was going to be. Our first view of the stage gave us an instant jolt of excitement about the concert. Here is our first view of the stage:

Thats Tripp trying out the bed in our room at Bed and Breakfast Evelina. Sure was nice.

After getting into our room, we got out bus tickets for the next morning and then waited in about a million lines. the concert was amazing though. he played for 3 and a half hours.

For some reason they yell and wave their hands so Tripp and I decided it was time to call the hogs with the italians.

This video gives a good idea of how close we were. Unfortunately I had the microphone covered for half of it. Oh well.

This morning we took the 6:25 out of Lucca to get back to Florence in time for class this morning. Tripp and I decided it would be a good idea to take the traditional first day of school picture. Mom's should be proud.

This morning was a little rough since we woke up at about 5:45 in Lucca. We did make it to class though. Our first class was the Wine and Culture class. Our teacher is part of the Frescobaldi family and she said her family has been making wine in Italy for 700 years. That like 3.5 times as old as our whole country! Thats crazy. She is the 32 generation. So its safe to say she knows a little bit about wine. It will be interesting to learn about the different aspects of wine. And the class consists of me, Tripp, and Denise, a 29 year old student from New Jersey. Pretty funny. My second class was Intro to Renaissance Art and I think i'm gonna like it a lot. Every day we will have lecture for about an hour and then go out to different museums and churches to see different things. I can't think of a better way to learn about art. Tripp's other class is Food and Culture so I'm hoping one of these days we can stop spending 25 dollars or dinner every night and he can just cook for me. We'll see.

That's the updates for now but I'm sure we'll have more soon. Thanks for looking and we hope u enjoy the pictures and stories. I try to make mine somewhat funny but somehow tripp's are always funnier. I guess it just comes naturally when your last name is Cashion. Ciao.