Arriving to Ravenna

Today, we decided to leave the encuentro early, but before we did that, we went to check out one last “brunch” milonga, and it turned out the best milonga for me, as I danced with all of my favorite good leaders and had highly enjoyable couple of hours. We then drove to nearby Ravenna, a medieval Italian city famous for its stunning colorful mosaics covering walls and ceilings of the churches. We arrived in the dark but one of the highlight churches was open late and we had it all to ourselves, admiring the dazzling mosaics, with amazing details and bright colors. We then went to our hotel and walked by the interesting small tower, which was visibly leaning, from which we concluded that leaning towers is pretty much a mundane occurrence in Italy. We went for dinner in a nice trattoria recommended by our hotel and had a delicious rabbit (not pictured due to the immediate consumption).Read more