Spurred on by the sheer beauty of the mosaics we saw at St.Mark's Basilica in the summer, Sabine and I decided to learn the craft and so spent a happy 6 hours cutting and sticking bits of tile in a workshop in Brighton. We may have a long way to go, but we can hold our heads high with our first attempts. The lizard will be taken to its new home in Italy at the end of this month when mum and I return to San Ginesio for a chestnut festival. How chestnut festivities can last a weekend remains to be seen. As an aside, I learned today that the word “basilica” denotes the fact that a church houses the remains of a saint.
