Sundays tend to be a little slower at IMFA–no announcements and no Italian lesson today, so many of us took the opportunity to sleep in. Some students headed to the local parish to attend mass (offered in both Slovenian and Italian). At 11 am, we gathered in the auditorium of the UWC campus to hear a concert by our own IMFA faculty. We heard music ranging from solo Bach to an arrangement of De Falla songs to Mendelssohn to Franck to a world premiere (by yours truly).

Other highlights of the day included the reappearance of the mysterious fire alarm, which we were unable to deactivate until the evening (thank God it didn’t continue throughout the night). This alarm was triggered at some other point last week, by forces unknown, and it took one of the maintenance people on campus to come and fix it. Another highlight–we watched the Coen brothers film “O Brother, Where art thou?” complete with Norwegian subtitles that we couldn’t turn off.

Today’s pictures are some additional memories of Miramare castle:

Julian, Ilsa, and Danny cool off at Miramare.

A covered walking path in the park at Miramare.

A beautiful window covering at Miramare castle.