Here comes another beautiful memory of Venice, this time from my dear friend Karen who owns a lovely holiday house in Umbria, Vecchia Casa. I hope she will find some time soon to come over to see me so we can then go around Venice enjoying some bacari. Magical, mysterious, wonderful Venice! My body & [...]

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Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice, a treasure in the middle of the Serenissima. One of the biggest complex of buildings in Venice is composed by the church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. This massive building complex, commonly called Frari, dominates the area of San Polo with its essential Gothic forms and the [...]

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Dear me, I know the title sounds pretty tragic, but at the end of the beautiful ecological walk of Venice I took on Sunday 6th Feb organised by Context Travel and guided by Luca Zaggia, that is the way I felt! Professor Luca Zaggia is a geologist who works for the Science Marine Institute of [...]

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The Undrowned Child by Michelle Lovric         Cover of The Undrowned Child Venice 1899.  That is the setting for this very original fantasy children book by Michelle Lovric which I red for my “Italy In Books – Reading Challenge 2011″Venice has been used as a stage for many books before, but this [...]

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