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Our readings took us to the Sixteenth century with the anonymous La veniexiana that takes place in the Dorsoduro sestiere of Venice, near the Istituto Venezia.  In order to enhance our reading experience, we strolled through parts of Dorsoduro to learn more about another quintessentially Venetian phenomenopn, the gondola. We visited the Squero di S. Trovaso, a very authentic gondola workshop/manufacturing spot that dates back to the Seventeenth Century. Maestro Lorenzo enhanced our class lectures with a close up view of the gondola-building and repair processes.

Colin had to get close ...

... but Raelyn's smile seemed to get the best results of all: a gondolier's hat!