Afternoon: Check-in. Proceed to meeting room for registration and receipt of program folder that contains the most current itinerary.

Dinner: Hotel

Evening: Get to know the staff and other participants. Overview of program and facilities.

Lodging: Magnuson Hotel - Marina Cove

Meals Included: Dinner

History Through Art / Field Trip - Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota / Entertainment

Breakfast: Hotel

Morning: LECTURES: History Through Art. Our art connoisseur, Dedee Aleccia, will show you Italy's glorious art and architecture from the Roman Empire to the modern era. Take a short refreshment break midmorning PLACEMENT OF CLASSES AND FIELD TRIPS ON THE SCHEDULE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. IN ADDITION, SOME LECTURE TOPICS MIGHT BE ALTERED WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE

Lunch: Hotel

Afternoon: FIELD TRIP: For an opportunity to see the Italian masterpieces you've learned about, we'll take you to the Ringling Museum of Art. Located on a 66-acre estate on Sarasota Bay, it is the official State Art Museum of Florida, offering 21 galleries of European paintings with emphasis on Italian art.

Dinner: Hotel

Evening: Chorus Angelorum, an a capella chamber chorus offers a taste of music from the Italian Renaissance then entertains with a variety of musical style

Lodging: Magnuson Hotel - Marina Cove

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Lectures on Literature of the Renaissance/ Science and Inventors /Recital of Italian music

Breakfast: Hotel

Morning: Take a look at the literature of Italy through the ages with Dedee Aleccia who shares her knowledge and passion for writers from Dante to Pirandello There is a short refreshment break between lectures

Lunch: Hotel

Afternoon: Ever wonder about the side of DaVinci that produced drawings of heliocopters and other such amazing inventions? A man well ahead of his time, Hal Hultman will show us how DaVinci also influenced the imaginations of other Italian inventors throughout the centuries. Enjoy a lively and inquiring lecture about these incredible scientists.

Dinner: Eckerd College Dining Room

Evening: Susan Bailey Robinson presents a recital of Italian music of various styles.

Lodging: Magnuson Hotel - Marina Cove

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Hotel

Morning: Italy's Musical Side - Nowhere is the voice more loved than in Italy - the birthplace of opera! The beauty of the melodic line in Italian music transcends vocal music and is evident in the instrumental works, as well. With Musician Susan Bailey Robinson, we will explore how this love of the singing line has influenced Italian music from Gabrieli's motets right up to the contemporary era. Start the morning with a survey of how the development of vocal music in Italy and the creation of opera influenced the melodies of Italian orchestral music. Also, how this love of the singing voice continues in the popular music of Italy today. Take a short refreshment break mid-morning. Italians are also known for their great expressiveness. Italian composers were some of the first to create visual imagery through their instrumental music. We will explore how this is apparent in the music of Italian composers from diverse musical/stylistic periods. This class will give you a look at programmaticism in Italian music from Vivaldi to Respighi.

Lunch: College campus

Afternoon: Spend some time this afternoon on your own or explore the beautiful and spacious waterfront area of St. Petersburg with shops, museums, galleries, an opulent hotel of the 1920's and more. Transportation provided to the Pier.

Dinner: Hotel

Evening: MOVIE: Film to be shown will be course related

Lodging: Magnuson Hotel - Marina Cove

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Hotel

Morning: The variety of Italian food from the hills of Tuscany to the Island of Sicily will be the focus of this lecture designed to encourage you to visit its many regions, or at least to think beyond spaghetti and meatballs.

Lunch: Hotel

Afternoon: LECTURE: Study the Italy of today - the financial meltdown and the cause and effect. This will be followed by a focal group on Italy with members of Eckerd College's Academy of Senior Professionals (ASPEC) What would a trip to Italy be without wine and what a better way to appreciate its wine than through some sampling. Learn about the different regions of Italy, and be prepared to taste a red and a white grape wine before our dinner hour.

Dinner: Special Italian Dinner on campus

Evening: Expert Kevin Prina shares his knowledge of opera from 1900 to the present.

Lodging: Magnuson Hotel - Marina Cove

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Hotel

Morning: LECTURE: Italy today - lecture(s) covering the regions, fashion, cinema and foods of Italy There will be a short refreshment break mid morning.

Lunch: Hotel. Program concludes with lunch today.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch