Archive for August, 2010

67th Venice Film Festival 1st – 11th September

So it’s here again! Stars, starlets, films, documentaries, all ready to show off or to be shown off at the most exclusive Kermesse of year in one of the most amazing cities in the World. The festival will start off on 1st September 2010 with Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky which will be the opening [...]

Regata Storica Venezia – Historic Regatta Venice 2010

HISTORIC REGATTA VENICE 2010 Sunday September 5th 2010 The Regata Storica is one of the most typical celebrations of Venice and it is the main event on the annual races calendar of Voga alla Veneta, a unique style of rowing practised for thousands of years on the lagoon. The Regatta is held on the water [...]

Home Sweet Home – The Palaces of Canal Grande

Sumptuous Homes on the Canal Grande The other day I was taking my son and a young friend around Venice and I decided to use the Vaporetto (water bus) line 1, even though it is August (hot and sticky) and the boat would be packed with tourists. I wanted to ride on the water slowly [...]

The Venetian Emigration

One of my young students, Erica Stefanini, has written this interesting short research on Venetian Emigration for a history exam. I translated it for you, because I found it very very interesting. ” Emigration in the last 19th Century: Veneto The first big migration of modern history has been the Italian one, starting with Venetian [...]