Chock Full
Big plans! We left around 10:15, stopped for coffee near Giovanni e Paolo and walked straight on until San Zaccharia church. We hung out in there for a while, giving Zachary his due respect before we met Nan on the … Continue reading →
Lazy Day
We had some errands for the morning. After a quick coffee at Puppa, we got fruit and vegetables on the corner, got a new piece of cheese, popped into the Coop supermarket, went to the wine shop and got new … Continue reading →
Into Dorsodoru
Off we go through San Marco through campo Manin and to Campo San Luca where I had to stop to look into one of my favorites, the Missoni window: And onto Campo San Angelo and finally stopping for a quick … Continue reading →
People and Food/Food and People
The day began with an early (before 9:00) walk to the train station. It was nice to see the streets relatively empty, but as we neared the station activity increased. Our destination was Bologna to meet my lifelong friend Andrew … Continue reading →
Art-full Day
After a slow start, we had a plan: finish seeing the shows at Palazzo Bembo and at Palazzo Mora. We saw about three quarters of both of these when we felt we’d had enough and bailed. Walking over to San … Continue reading →
Not the Best Plan
Another beautiful day dawned so I thought we would do a little day trip to Torcello, one of the three well known islands–the other two are Murano and Burano. I looked out the window and saw very short lines to … Continue reading →
This Is It
I hate to be redundant but we had another perfectly wonderful day! Clear blue skies mean we can see the Dolomites in the distance: We went to Bisiol first to get some prepared food to have later for dinner. The … Continue reading →
Big Hugs
Che Bella Giornata/What a beautiful day! The big event today was meeting our dear friend Massimo who generously took the train from his home in Bergamo to spend the day with us. We walked down Strada Nova, stopping for coffee … Continue reading →
San Polo Explore
Another gorgeous Spring day! And it’s two holidays in Venice. First it is St. Mark’s Day and second it is Italian Liberation Day which celebrates the end of fascist rule at the end of WWII in Italy. Consequently lots of … Continue reading →
Loving this–being, here, now.
Rain was predicted again so we got out at a reasonable hour and headed into San Marco to the beautiful Palazzo Bembo, on the Grand Canal, home to a large collateral exhibit. This first room is radiant with Tanya Chatmon’s … Continue reading →