Venice - March 9, 2011
Venice – March 9, 2011: Got up about 6:30, breakfast 7:15, and off into Venice a bit after 8:00. Took boat to the city and walked over to Academia. Louisella met us there and we were mesmerized by her description of the art of Venice. In the hour-and-a-half we were with her, she took us through the history of painting in Venice up until the time of Titian. Huge canvases, all religious in nature. She’s fascinating and we’d follow her anywhere!
We walked from there over to the yard where they repair gondolas. Each is crafted for its owner since weight and height count when standing on the back and using a single oar. Then along the waterfront of the lagoon near where we saw cruise ships docked yesterday. Louisella left us for another engagement and we walked across the city to the place where we were going to catch a boat to Burano. Along the way, we stopped at a café for espresso (my fifth and sixth of the day). The onward to the boat.
It’s an hour out to Burano. And the island is as wonderful at the pictures we’d seen of it. There was a crowd there today, which Stewart did not expect. So, the restaurant was full and, even though they had expected us, it took over a half an hour to clear people out to set up a table for 10, we wandered and took pictures of the colorful houses, reflections in the canal, etc. Lunch was slow slow slow, but delicious. Excellent fish. It was about 3:30 when we were done, but that’s a good time as the light was changing from midday.
Jeff and I walked around the city and took scads of pictures. I took around 600 pictures today. My sampling will show this very photographic island. We all caught a boat back to Lido and arrived around 7:15. After an hour in our room downloading pictures, some of us went out for dinner a couple of blocks away. Nice tortellini soup followed by seafood risotto. Got back to our room a little after 9:30 and have been working on pictures until after midnight – better than last night when we didn’t get to bed until after 2:00 AM.
Another day jam-packed with sensory delights. Tomorrow it’s on to Murano to see the glass masters at work.
We walked from there over to the yard where they repair gondolas. Each is crafted for its owner since weight and height count when standing on the back and using a single oar. Then along the waterfront of the lagoon near where we saw cruise ships docked yesterday. Louisella left us for another engagement and we walked across the city to the place where we were going to catch a boat to Burano. Along the way, we stopped at a café for espresso (my fifth and sixth of the day). The onward to the boat.
It’s an hour out to Burano. And the island is as wonderful at the pictures we’d seen of it. There was a crowd there today, which Stewart did not expect. So, the restaurant was full and, even though they had expected us, it took over a half an hour to clear people out to set up a table for 10, we wandered and took pictures of the colorful houses, reflections in the canal, etc. Lunch was slow slow slow, but delicious. Excellent fish. It was about 3:30 when we were done, but that’s a good time as the light was changing from midday.
Jeff and I walked around the city and took scads of pictures. I took around 600 pictures today. My sampling will show this very photographic island. We all caught a boat back to Lido and arrived around 7:15. After an hour in our room downloading pictures, some of us went out for dinner a couple of blocks away. Nice tortellini soup followed by seafood risotto. Got back to our room a little after 9:30 and have been working on pictures until after midnight – better than last night when we didn’t get to bed until after 2:00 AM.
Another day jam-packed with sensory delights. Tomorrow it’s on to Murano to see the glass masters at work.
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