Venice - March 11, 2011
Venice – March 11, 2011: Up at 7:00, worked on computer (of course), breakfast and then out the door around 9:00. There was a 24-hour strike today by the people who run the boats. So, what you can take and where is very limited. We got over to the city and walked back in the direction we had come from to Garibaldi street, which has a whole section that is wide, a sure sign it was a canal they filled in hundreds of years ago.
This is more of a residential neighborhood with local shops. Good pictures of laundry! The women who put it out make great art. As you move up the street past the entrance to the main park (Garden), there is a canal. One boat has a full open market. There are some stalls and stores for meat and for fish along the way. At some point we stopped for an espresso and bathroom break So, we walked and talked and took pictures until midday. Another wonderful restaurant, good pasta, good fish, wine.
After lunch, we walked the length of the Garden out to the end that faces Lido. Then back along the waterfront and Grand Canal into the center of the city. Stewart had given us an assignment to take pictures with bigger aspects, not close up ones. While both Jeff and I had been doing this as part of what we took every day, we did more of it today.
Back near St. Marks, our objective was to find a boat to take us over to San Georgio so we could see the main church and go up in its bell tower for views of the main city. After waiting and no vaporetto coming, Stewart hired a water taxi and we all piled aboard and went across the lagoon to San Georgio.
The church is stunning and the view from the bell tower is terrific. After many pictures, we came down, took some more in the church, and got a vaporetto to the city and another one to Lido. Then we took a gelato break! Our plans were to go into the city to do some night shooting, perhaps to eat in there. With the boat strike, that was not possible. So some of us went to a pizzeria where we had eaten a few nights ago. Then back to the room and the computer and iChats, and bed after 1:00.
Nearing the end of the trip. It’s been really fun and fascinating. I could not have asked for a better group to share this with. Of course, being with Jeff is the supreme treat.
This is more of a residential neighborhood with local shops. Good pictures of laundry! The women who put it out make great art. As you move up the street past the entrance to the main park (Garden), there is a canal. One boat has a full open market. There are some stalls and stores for meat and for fish along the way. At some point we stopped for an espresso and bathroom break So, we walked and talked and took pictures until midday. Another wonderful restaurant, good pasta, good fish, wine.
After lunch, we walked the length of the Garden out to the end that faces Lido. Then back along the waterfront and Grand Canal into the center of the city. Stewart had given us an assignment to take pictures with bigger aspects, not close up ones. While both Jeff and I had been doing this as part of what we took every day, we did more of it today.
Back near St. Marks, our objective was to find a boat to take us over to San Georgio so we could see the main church and go up in its bell tower for views of the main city. After waiting and no vaporetto coming, Stewart hired a water taxi and we all piled aboard and went across the lagoon to San Georgio.
The church is stunning and the view from the bell tower is terrific. After many pictures, we came down, took some more in the church, and got a vaporetto to the city and another one to Lido. Then we took a gelato break! Our plans were to go into the city to do some night shooting, perhaps to eat in there. With the boat strike, that was not possible. So some of us went to a pizzeria where we had eaten a few nights ago. Then back to the room and the computer and iChats, and bed after 1:00.
Nearing the end of the trip. It’s been really fun and fascinating. I could not have asked for a better group to share this with. Of course, being with Jeff is the supreme treat.
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