The First Lecture went well

Standing room only. Antonio had made certain everyone knew about it. He and Maria said I spoke slowly and simply. But they thought that some of the student's grasp of  English is not as strong as desired. Tomorrow is a field trip with the view camera being the subject. Tuesday is the opening of the annual student show. Wed another lecture. I find it interesting that class attendance is entirely voluntary. So such a large audience was impressive.
Antonio and Maria have two daughter's, 16 and 18. Iriana and Elana. Iriana speaks faultless english. She would easily pass for an american teenager. Her accent and vocabulary comes, she and her parents agree, from countless american movies viewed without subtitles. She has no special academic interests. Elana has won a scholarship to a prestigious music school in Bolonga Italy and will go next fall. She plays the cello. (since she was eight). Now to more pictures.

I wish I could load the images in a larger size. Maybe I will learn how to do that. In any case. Two "tourist" ladies being followed by a mother with her two children. The entrance to the street to Antonio's and Maria's home is around the far curve to the right. The mainland is in the background.

The light is wonderful. More delicious than the air (maybe it is a tie). This view is just down the street from their house. Antonio says the tower is left from a Venetian church that was over 400 years old. Much of Corfu was bombed during WWII. By everyone they say. The Germans's, the Ialian's, the British. Each nationality wanted to prevent the other from having something to occupy.

A very old church that survived, also just down the "block". I will post a view of their home soon. Enough for now?  Vern