Low Key Day
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 →
Jan
Il Sole
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 →
It Never did Rain
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 →
Sublime to Ridiculous
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 →
A Fine Day
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 →
Arrivederci Amiche
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 →
Biennale Part 2
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 →
Biennale Part 1
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 →
A Full Day
It was still raining when we woke up so we all decided to head to Palazzo Bembo, only a 15 minute walk instead of the Biennale, which would have been about 40. After just a bit we, Donna Vicki and … Continue reading →
Lots of Rain
Ken tells me that this persistent rain is the result of Hurricane Isaac pushing rain into Europe. Hurricane season finally caught up with us. Unwilling to just sit in the apartment all day the three of us bundled up and … Continue reading →