End of the semester dinner
At the end of the summer session, the faculty at Palazzo Rucellai always get together for a dinner. We went, as did the business professor from Penn State, with his wife and son. Some of the permanent staff was able to attend and we had dinner with Nienke and Francesca (who taught on section of the art history class) and her husband Stefano.
The dinner was held at a palazzo in the town of Scandicci, which is a southern suburb of 
Florence, up in the hills a little bit. There were nice views of Florence, and we could actually see the fireworks for the festival of San Giovanni. The palazzo is owned by Harding University, a small college in Searcy, Arkansas. A small number of students attend each semester and take classes right on the grounds of the palazzo. The director of the program hosted us for dinner, and one of the people from Palazzo Rucellai that helped me quite a bit with my class (Alan) used to work for Harding.
It was a great night and some people really liked the cat that lived there. When dusk came, the gekkos came out an hung from the walls of the house, catching and eating bugs.
