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Tag Archives: traghetto
A Little Christmas Coming Your Way
Looking through old photos the other day, I came across this one from about five years ago when I was in Venice just after Christmas. The gondoliers at traghetto Santa Sofia had set up a creche. So sweet!
Posted in Italian heritage, Venice
Tagged christmas, creche, Gondolas, gondolier, italian art, italy, traghetto, travel, venezia, Venice
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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Liz from DreamDiscoverItalia
WordPress brought us together… I met Elizabeth Salthouse when she reached out to me after reading my blog here on WordPress. In fact, we met up in Venice, checked out some Casanova sites together, had a spritz, and hit it … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Gondolas, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged Basilica San Marco, Bellini, blogs, burchiello, Casanova, cicchetti, Festa della Salute, Festa della Sensa, festivals, First Spritz Is Free, gelato, gondola, Grand Canal, history, History of my Life, Hugo, italy, La Fenice, palaces, pasticcheria, San Martino, San Pantalon, spritz, traghetto, tramezzini, travel, vaporetto, venezia, Venice, Venice Music Project, writing
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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Scott Stavrou
I was introduced to Scott by another Venetophile, shortly after he published his novel Losing Venice. Luckily for me, he also agreed to write a chapter for First Spritz Is Free: Confessions of Venice Addicts. Though Scott used to live … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged accademia bridge, Bellini, campo, Campo Santa Margherita, canals, Carnevale, Casanova, casino, Dorsoduro, Festa della Salute, First Spritz Is Free, gelato, Grand Canal, italy, palace, palazzo, Palazzo Contarini Fasan, Piazza San Marco, Scott Stavrou, spritz, traghetto, travel, Venetian architecture, venetian dialect, Venetian foods, venezia, Venice, Venice history, writers, writing
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Eight Women
That’s how many women are trying to enter the gondoliers’ school in Venice this year. The Arte del Gondoliere trains potential gondoliers before they take the test for a substitute gondolier license that allows them to share a gondola and … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Italian heritage, Venice
Tagged Giorgia Boscola, Gondolas, gondolier, Italian history, Italian women, italy, regatta, Regatta Storica, rowing, traghetto, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history, vogalonga
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Random Journal Entry #10
As part of my continuing series sharing old journal entries, here is one more from 1996. Yes, these photos were all taken with film (remember that stuff?) and scanned in, so the quality is quite quaint, isn’t it? Aug. 13 … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Venice, Writing
Tagged Ca' d'Oro, Free Gondola Ride, gelato, gondolier, Grand Canal, italy, Santa Sofia, SS Apostoli, traghetto, travel, venezia, Venice
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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Laura Morelli
As you probably know, or could guess, I read a lot of books about Venice or set in Venice. So I was delighted a few years back to discover Laura Morelli’s book The Gondola Maker, which married my love of … Continue reading
Posted in Venice, Writing
Tagged art, Bellini, books, Ca' d'Oro, Carnevale, Casanova, Castello, cicchetti, convents, courtesans, Festa della Sensa, festivals, gelato, glass, Gondolas, history, Italian history, italy, Laura Morelli, literature, murano, photos, risotto, San Giovanni in Bragora, Santa Maria delle Vergini, traghetto, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history, writing
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Random Journal Entry #9
My occasional series draws from old journal entries when I was in Venice. This one continues from my 1996 trip (see the last few Random Journal Entries for others from that same trip). I’m leaving my misspellings and errors in … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Venice, Writing
Tagged Burano, Fondamente Nuove, italy, SS Apostoli, traghetto, travel, venezia, Venice
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Random Journal Entry #8
The last Random Journal Entry was about the joy of Venetian mosquitos. This one looks at that special joy of drinking too much coffee and lying awake all night. I also write about my very first traghetto ride. How delicious … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Venice, Writing
Tagged campo, coffee, gondola, gondolier, Grand Canal, Italian language, Italian men, Rialto market, Santa Sofia, Strada Nova, Tindersticks, traghetto, travel, venezia, Venice, writing
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As Seen from Below
Earlier this year I posted news and photos of the Lorenzo Quinn’z sculpture at Ca’ Sagredo by Traghetto Santa Sofia. (See “Grand Canal Sea Monster” from May 19, 2017.) When I was in Venice last July, I snuck around the … Continue reading
Posted in Venice
Tagged art, Biennale, Ca' Sagredo, Gondolas, gondolier, italy, Lorenzo Quinn, photography, photos, Santa Sofia, traghetto, travel, venezia, Venice
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