The sun was shining!  I was happy for the Venetians to have some light and drier weather to continue the clean up of this devastated city.  In general, many more shops and restaurants were open today but many are still closed with signs about damage from the acqua grande on their doors.

Heading to the Puppa bar there was deep water just over the first bridge.  I had worn my boots so I went to get coffee while Ken went back to get his.  Somehow, while I was waiting for him, I offered to help some people find Campo SS Apostoli.  They were very grateful as we walked them there through water about 8 inches deep.

Strada Nuova was dry, so we decided to head to the big Despar where the German Biennale exhibit, “Hillary,” is located.  The exhibit was closed but the Despar was open and totally packed.  We did a bit of shopping; shelves are emptying because another flood is predicted soon and most other grocery stores remain closed.

We stopped at the little butcher in Strada Nuova and I could barely get in the door, but I managed to get a few things there—some polpette and potato cakes.

Prosciutto and bread made a quick lunch and after a brief rest we headed out again.  I did not want to waste this glorious sunny weather.  We took a vap to Giudecca with the goal of seeing the Iceland Pavillion there.  We got off at Redentore and walked along the Grand Canal towards the west.  I love those views of Venice from across the water. 

There is still lots of clean up happening on Giudecca which was hard hit by the high water.  And… the Iceland exhibit was closed.  

We got back on the vap at Palanca to San Giorgio. Right in front of the church was this pylon which had washed up there:

  The Stanze del Vetro (rooms of glass) has always been a great spot for me to enjoy art glass.  The show was of the artist Thomas Stearns, an American who came to Murano in the ’60s to work at Vennini.  Apparently, we learned from the video about him that he chose to work with very difficult materials using very difficult techniques.  Here are some photos:

We took the vap back to San Marco (all of these rides are free because the ticket scanner is not working anywhere) and had a nice dry walk back from there, passing San Zaccharia and San Lorenzo into Giovanni e Paolo.  Our whole walk home was totally dry!

Soup and meatballs for dinner hit the spot.

After watching some Netflix, to bed, nervous about what tomorrow will bring in terms of acqua alta.