Group Portrait with Accordion

You hear them arrive from far away. First it's a song in the background. Then the sound of an accordion. And then they come out on the Grand Canal. A whole party of six gondolas and their gondoliere, two musicians and some twenty tourists. Difficult to go "incognito" in Venice with such a team.

Walk

“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sestiere di San-Polo

Morning peace and quiet in San-Polo.

On the Grand Canal

How pleasant it must be to visit this City in one's own boat..

Ca d'Oro

One more picture of the most famous palace on the Grand Canal, the Ca d'Oro (Gilded House). It was built in the 15e century, along of the Grand Canal, of which it is one of the jewels. Its loggias are fabulous flamboyant Gothic laces.

Calcio

A little calcio game after school... What a great pleasure for kids, in Italy as anywere else in the world...

Picture Exhibition at Palazzo Zenobio

Until November 22nd, a picture exibition at Palazzo Zenobio, a baroque palace, Fondamenta del Soccorso in the Dorsoduro.

Le Passanti

"A quella quasi da immaginare
tanto di fretta l'hai vista passare
dal balcone a un segreto più in là
e ti piace ricordarne il sorriso
che non ti ha fatto e che tu le hai deciso
in un vuoto di felicità." (Listen to the song in Italian)

"To the one whom you saw appear
For a second at her window
And who, sharp, vanishes
But whose svelte silhouette
Is so graceful and slender
That you stand in a glow from it."

Antoine Pol - Les Passantes
Italian Translation Fabrizio De André
English Translation David-Barfield

San Nicolo dei Mendicoli

That's not the first time that I show you this old little church situated in the extreme west of the Dorsoduro. I don't go so often to tis remote part of Venice, but each time I'm there I enjoy the quiteness of the neighborhood. San Nicolo dei Mendicoli is one of the oldest churches in Venice, built in the 12th century, and later renovated, in 1361 and 1580.

After the Market

La Pescheria, the fish market, so quiet and deserted after the morning hustle and bustle...