- mc
- 03.04.10
- All about Venice, Information about Veneto, The History of Venice, Travel, Venice:things to do & see, All about Venice, barchessa, casanova, foscari, iTALY, longhena, mira, mirano, padova, palladio, rezzonico, riviera del brenta, tiepolo, villa, villa foscari, villa malcontenta, widmann
VILLA E BARCHESSA WIDMANN IN MIRA, JUST OUTSIDE VENICE I find myself always talking about Venice, but today I decided it was time to talk about the Terraferma (the inland) and about what it can offer to Venice’s visitors. During the Middle Ages Venice looked at the water and the sea as a mean to [...]
- mc
- 02.09.10
- All about Venice, Information about Veneto, The History of Venice, Travel, Venice:things to do & see, All about Venice, bridge of sighs, bridges, history, italia, iTALY, ponte dei sospiri, ponti, storia, venezia
As probably many of you know, there are more than 430 bridges in Venice. I am going to try to list some of the most famous and explain to you why they have been named that way. Originally all bridges were made of wood or stone and they did not have any side protection, which [...]
- mc
- 01.20.10
- All about Venice, Information about Veneto, Languages, The History of Venice, Travel, Venice:things to do & see, alberto toso fei, All about Venice, cicchetti, fantasmi, Ghosts, legends, osteria, spirits, tour, venetian, venezia
Venetian Ghosts: all revealed in a great book by Venetian writer Alberto Toso Fei. When I first bought the book Venetian Legends and Ghost Stories by Alberto Toso Fei (to help me prepare my Food and Ghost tour of Venice) I thought it would be the usual invented and over-tragic list of ghost and horror [...]
- mc
- 10.19.09
- All about Venice, Information about Veneto, Travel, Venice:things to do & see, All about Venice, boat, CanalGrande, Gran Canal, lagoon, Rii, Rio, row, rowing, Serenissima, venetian, venezia, Voga
Yes, I admit it: I am Venetian and I never been on a rowing boat in my whole life! First of all I would like to clarify something: the term Venetian does not apply only to people who are born and live in Venice itself, but also to all of those people who live in [...]
- mc
- 09.26.09
- All about Venice, Information about Veneto, Languages, Travel, Venice:things to do & see, All about Venice, course, family, foreign, homestay, italian, language, learning, lessons, student
Like every year I will be holding Italian language homestay courses for foreign students who would like to learn Italian in an Italian environment. You will be staying in our house, surrounded by our Italian family and friends, you will be taking part in all of our daily life activities and at the same time [...]
- mc
- 06.14.09
- All about Venice, Information about Veneto, Travel, Venice:things to do & see, All about Venice, art, Ca'Pesaro, Casa goldoni, Gran Canal, ice cream, kebab, Lista di Spagna, pizza, Qaunto basta, vaporetto
We just came back from a wonderful day in Venice. The sun was shining, there was a light breeze, there were not so many people around. First we went to visit Casa Goldoni, the birth house of the famous Venetian playwriter. I have to say it was a bit dissapointing (only 3 rooms to see), [...]
- mc
- 06.11.09
- Information about Veneto, Travel, Venice:things to do & see, Add new tag, All about Venice, animals, averto, chioggia, horses, lagoon, oasi, reserve, valle, venezia, wildlife, wwf
Sunday 7th of June 2009 my husband and I, together with our son and a friend of his went to visit the Oasis WWF Valle Averto on the SS 309 (The Romea), the road which connects Venice with Chioggia. It was a beautiful experience: first we took few rounds on a cart pulled by horses [...]
- mc
- 05.30.09
- Languages, Venice:things to do & see, Add new tag, courses, homestay, house, italian, language, learn, student, summer
Like every year I will be holding Italian language homestay courses for foreign students who would like to learn Italian in an Italian environment. You will be staying in our house, surrounded by our Italian family and friends, you will be taking part in all of our daily life activities and at the same time [...]
- mc
- 05.29.09
- All about Venice, Information about Veneto, Travel, Venice:things to do & see, asolo, hills, Information about Veneto, jewel, medieval, treviso, venetian, venezia
Last week-end we went (as we always do once a year) to Asolo, a little medieval jewel town in the Veneto Hills. It was very very hot, but we soon took care of that by walking into the old Ice Cream parloour Caffe Centrale in the main square and after an aperitive and an ice-cream, [...]
