This weekend I spent three days in Venice. For me it was the first time after twenty years, if we don't take into consideration one or two work dinners in the meantime.
I had only been there once when I was fourteen for a summer camp. I remember it was crowded and hot and the smell of the sea was so strong to be disturbing.
This time the view was completely different, cold and foggy, and the laguna looked sleepy and dreamy.
I had only been there once when I was fourteen for a summer camp. I remember it was crowded and hot and the smell of the sea was so strong to be disturbing.
This time the view was completely different, cold and foggy, and the laguna looked sleepy and dreamy.
I didn't remember that Venice is a silent city since there are no cars on it. The only sound you can hear is the one of the waves created by the frequent Vaporettos that transport thousands of persons around in the Laguna along the Canal Grande. The dreamy landscape was only interrupted by crowds of tourists, hundreds of gondolas in the channels, big continuous flows of people moving from one monument to the other. |
We were also lucky enough to be there during a high tide. Venetians look very used to it and they don't change their daily habits.
Tourists were delighted instead.
Walking in Piazza San Marco with the big plastic moon boots and shooting photos was definitely an experience worth to share on Instagram or Facebook
Tourists were delighted instead.
Walking in Piazza San Marco with the big plastic moon boots and shooting photos was definitely an experience worth to share on Instagram or Facebook
Venice is also the host city of the famous Biennale, a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place every two years.
I love visiting museums and I love contemporary art even if I am far from understanding it.
I just accept the fact that I am not an art expert or at least it will take time before I become it. In the meantime, I just enjoy it: I let it move me or amaze me or even amuse me sometimes.
I love visiting museums and I love contemporary art even if I am far from understanding it.
I just accept the fact that I am not an art expert or at least it will take time before I become it. In the meantime, I just enjoy it: I let it move me or amaze me or even amuse me sometimes.
And the Biennale is a huge exhibition, full of spectacular pieces of art. You could get lost in it and for sure you would find something that hits you and that you won't forget. Visitors come from all over the world and I love catching them staring at the works.
Venice is one beautiful and melancholic city. It is so beautiful that it can be considered a unique work of art itself.
It was nice to see you again...
It was nice to see you again...
And, by the way, it was my birthday, and these design chocolates were delicious...