Luckily, Ken felt better in the morning. He’s been doing a series of maneuvers with his head (I think it’s not Epley, but another one) and it seems to be helping. During the morning, we saw two young guys get pulled over by the police boat and Ken thinks they arrested one of them, right at our dock:

We really took our time leaving the house, but off we went heading west on Fondamente Nove and continuing on to Misericordia. I always enjoy this stretch. It’s lively without being touristic. Here’s the springy front of Paradiso Perduto (not one of our favorite restaurants, but it looks happy):

We noticed calle del Forno where they have great bread called Mantovani, so we got some and continued on, crossed the bridge and walked on Strada Nova to the Guglie bridge. We were looking for Palazzo Flangini and a photo show by Gianni Berengo Gardin, called the Venetian master of black and white. I love the quality of these photo journalistic prints; most were taken in the mid 20th century. I had never heard of the Flangini before, but it is the home of the Venice foundation.

Here’s what you see on entering:

With only 36 photos on display, it was easy to take them all in and get a good feel for his masterful work.

This is one of his most well known shots:

We had a nice walk back home, stopping at the meat and cheese place nearby for something to go with the fresh bread. After eating and resting, we set out for Piazza San Marco. I felt like this would be the least crowded day to go and it turned out to be a really pleasant visit.

It is so very beautiful, opulent and full of history. We just stood and took it in for a while. It’s ludicrous to try to photograph it, but these will have to do:

And the inevitable model with photographer:

We took the long way home, passing by the designer shops and then La Fenice and came back to the apartment.

I cooked us a simple dinner of store bought tortellini with caramelized onions and some broccoli from the bio shop.

We are getting into DTF; it’s really getting interesting.

I am SO immeasurably glad that Ken is doing better. We both appreciate all of the well wishes and concern on here and on Facebook. Thank you.

A domani…