Day 7: Bellagio (Art)

The next morning we once again had a relaxed start time (10 am!) and we weren't checking out of the hotel, so we got a decent night's sleep, except I kept waking up in pain every time I swallowed. Advil for the win!

We walked across the street to the water taxi and then rode across Lake Como to Bellagio. From there it was a short walk to a lovely botanic/sculpture garden on the grounds of a historic building. 

Our challenges today were all art based.  They were led by the very talented artist in residence. 

First we had to make blue tempera paint starting with eggs and ground up lapis lazuli stone.  Then we had to paint a water color. Then we had to guess what the artist was drawing. He would get a few squiggles in and would pause and then someone would yell out “porpoise!” or “rose!” and they would be right. Then we had to make a swan out of clay and finally (after a break for refreshments) we had to make a clay sculpture of our own choice and design.  

Suffice it to say we got zero points for our efforts, but we had a lot of fun.Read more