Monthly Archives: April 2018
A Day On The Lagoon – Lace and Glass
Wednesday was wet, we sort of knew it would be as we have been monitoring the weather via an app for weeks now (thankful snow has buggered off). We bought a 48hr waterbus ticket, such good value as it allows you to hop on and off at will instead of paying the €7.5 for each … Continue reading
Venetian Food and Culture
Any viewers of another culture take snapshots or impressions that they contextualise using their own cultural biases. For Australians, European culture generally seems so exotic, with such a history of culinary tradition and art history to draw upon it is little wonder we perceive the richness with awe and wonder. When we travel, we like … Continue reading
Tidal
I think the best word to explain Venice is ‘Tidal’. Let me explain in a number of contexts. Obviously Venice is located in an estuarine lagoon, nominally called a group of islands, in truth this city is a cluster of reinforced platforms that are built upon piles driven deep into the underlying mud. Already close … Continue reading