Our plan was to meet our Venetian friend, Nan, to go see the Venini show at Le Stanze del Vetro on San Giorgio Island. We woke up to unrelenting rain–not a total downpour, but certainly more than a drizzle. So … Continue reading →
We had no plan at all for this day. The water was really sparkling and the skies were the clearest we’ve seen. From our little view spot we could see the Dolomites in the distance. I tried making this little … Continue reading →
I notice little things are changing for me. Like I say Padova, which is the Italian instead of the English, Padua. And I don’t push the light switches the wrong way–they’re totally counter intuitive for Americans–down is on; up is … Continue reading →
Woke up to lots of fog out over the lagoon and it really never cleared the whole day. Our friend Jill had left something for us at her husband’s hardware shop in San Marco, so we walked over there. Following … Continue reading →
In all of ours trip here to Venice, we had never taken the tour of the Jewish Ghetto. The first one of the day is at 10:30, so we decided to try to make it and if we didn’t we’d … Continue reading →
We decided to try out the new Bio place (organic) for coffee. We sat outside for a while but I was too chilly, so we moved inside. Nice place. The food looks good. I bought a bit of simply cooked … Continue reading →
Sunday, our 37th anniversary, and we had no plans for the day. So we decided to just take a long walk. It was the end of day light savings time here (yay! an extra hour in Venice!) so we got … Continue reading →
The morning was dedicated to hanging out for the last hours and final laughs with Brenda and Linda. With Elisa, our landlady, we walked them downstairs and waited for the water taxi. Lots of hugs and they were gone to … Continue reading →
We had so many things on the list for Brenda and Linda to see that paring it down was really tough. Final decision was to go to the Frari church first off with a stop at the Rialto market. It … Continue reading →
We woke up to sunshine! The lagoon view from our windows was sparkling and we were ready to go go go. We started with a nice long walk through the Castello neighborhoods to the Giardini and the Biennale of Architecture. … Continue reading →