San Giorgio
San Giorgio island was our goal for the morning. Walking to San Zaccaria to catch the vap we saw this shop full of people learning mask making from the maestro: On the way to San Giorgio, from the foggy 3 … Continue reading →
San Giorgio island was our goal for the morning. Walking to San Zaccaria to catch the vap we saw this shop full of people learning mask making from the maestro: On the way to San Giorgio, from the foggy 3 … Continue reading →
We had a full schedule for the day so morning came and off we went. We had been to Palazzo Grimani, just off Santa Maria Formosa, twice before, but this was our most informative visit. The first floor has … Continue reading →
We took our time in the morning. Our date with our old friend Jill was not until 11:00. We walked the 15 minutes to Campo Santa Maria Formosa, found a café, and had a wonderful, long visit. Nothing much has … Continue reading →
The sun is out! What a perfectly beautiful fall day! First order of business was a stop at Bisiol for provisions. That taken care of, we set out for the Ospedaletto, a deconsecrated church with Biennale works. The show … Continue reading →
Our weather apps have proved to be mostly unreliable. Both of the ones we’ve been using predicted rain by noon. So, by all rights we should have been hurrying to get out, but I just couldn’t do it. I really … Continue reading →
The super foggy morning gave a moodiness to our view, but there was no rain predicted so we got up and got out in a timely fashion. Our first goal was to revisit the Palazzo Franchetti and see the exhibits … Continue reading →
We had to be out of the apartment by 10:00 because the cleaning person was coming, but rain was forecasted so we didn’t want to go far. We stopped for coffee at Campo Santa Maria Nova at the bar we … Continue reading →
Vicki caught the 6:30am boat to the airport and we walked Donna to the train station (Ken lovingly carried her suitcase) at 10:00. We were back to being flâneurs. We crossed over the Scalzi bridge and wandered a bit in … Continue reading →
We got out nice and early heading for the Giardini, the other site of the official Biennale of Art 2024. Stopping for coffee in Campo Giovanni e Paolo brings lots of memories. We trudged through the back streets of Castello … Continue reading →
Because of the weather we had postponed our visit to the official Biennale until the weekend. Right on schedule we left the apartment right at 10:00 and, of course, it started to rain. But it was really short lived. We … Continue reading →