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Tag Archives: canals
Random Journal Entry #7
Another in the continuing series of random writings I pull from old journals. This is kind of a weird topic, but I bet many of you have experienced the zanzare… Aug. 6 I’m being eaten alive by bugs. I spent … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Venice, Writing
Tagged caffe, Caffe Costarica, canals, coffee, Gondolas, italy, Santa Sofia, travel, venezia, Venice, writing
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A Peek into the Past
A reader recently shared this link from the Telegraph. Check out the Venice of a hundred plus years ago. Some are black and white only, while others are hand tinted. 21 Photos of Early Venice I’m trying to make sense … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Venice
Tagged Basilica San Marco, calle, campo, canals, Church of San Moise, churches, glassmaking, gondola, gondolier, Grand Canal, history, Italian history, Italian language, Italian men, Italian women, italy, photography, photos, Piazza San Marco, Salute, travel, vaporetto, Venetian architecture, venezia, Venice, Venice history
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BoatChaseGondolaDestructionHorror
From the James Bond film Moonraker. I love the silly bits at the end, like the pigeon doing a double-take, or the guy at the table deciding that a gondola driving through the Piazza San Marco is a good reason … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Venice
Tagged boats, canals, film, gondola, gondolier, James Bond, palace, palazzo, Piazza San Marco, San Trovaso, squero, venezia, Venice, Venice history, video
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Thomas Coryat on Canals
Englishman Thomas Coryat visited Venice in 1611 and described the canals: “The channels (which are called in Latin euripi or the channels, aestuaria, that is, pretty little armes of the Sea, because they ebbe and flow every sixe houres) are very … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Venice, Writing
Tagged canals, gondola, gondolier, history, Italian history, Thomas Coryat, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history, writing
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Specchi
Sometimes, if you’re lucky, the canals turn into mirrors. I wish the sky had been a clearer, deeper blue this day. I guess I could have made that happen in photoshopland, but these shots are all natural. But I can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Venice
Tagged boats, bridges, canals, Canareggio, fondamenta, ghetto, Misericordia, palaces, photos, travel, venezia, Venice
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A Million Diamonds
I crossed a bridge today the sun flashed in my eyes so brilliantly I could not see cutting out squares of shadow on a shortbread path a million diamonds glistened and held me in their grasp bounding off the … Continue reading
Posted in Venice
Tagged canals, churches, Grand Canal, Salute, travel, venezia, Venice, writing
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