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Venice is the cheap thrill of Northeast Italy. Yes, it's charming, but it's altogether too obvious, as unsubtle as a Versace dress. Travelers who want to see the more dignified side of Italy should head about an hour west to Padua (Padova). Once great and now willingly overshadowed by Venice, Padua may be small (population 200,000), but it packs an impressive punch. Bound by medieval walls, the city's center is filled with portico-covered streets, an appropriate architectural metaphor...
...Basilica del Santo is the resting place of St. Anthony - known simply as il Santo - a humble 13th century Franciscan monk. The massive church, with its mixture of Christian and Islamic influences, brims with artwork by Donatello and Titian, and annually attracts 4 million visitors and pilgrims. Surprising gothic thrill: one of the relics on display is Anthony's calcified tongue and jaw. Just down the road lies the Prato della Valle, the so-called field with no grass that's now a vast piazza of fountains and statues. Think Place de la Concorde with a little more decor, minus...
...quit football because I could not handle the rigid social hierarchy that came with it,” Schaffer says. “The game of football still thrilled me but those who I had to pass through in order to attain my thrill lacked a true understanding of my personality, and were incapable of coaching...
Yesterday’s event was full of fun—a fundamental element of the weekend. While today’s games will be much more stressful, they will also provide many of the athletes their first chance to experience the thrill of playing in front of 5,000 people...
...mornings, as I sit in the dining hall gobbling my grits and cheese and dropping chunks on whatever campus publication is spread before me, I encounter some things to make my gorge rise. Last week’s Salient offered up some choice bits for those of us who thrill to have our sensibilities so viscerally offended. For a conservative publication run by two members of what is “supposed to be the more prudent, discreet sex” (I quote its publisher, Mary C. Cardinale ’02-’03), it is absolutely obscene...