Venice must be lived, Venice must be experienced. Venice cannot be seen in a day, but unfortunately the majority of people visiting, will be here only for one day.Thankfully Martha Bakerjian choose not to and she wrote this lovely post telling us all about it! Another lovely guest post for The Best memory of Venice…
Just a very quick post to let you all know that I am definitely taking part in this challenge “Italy in books” – reading challenge 2011. It has got all I love: books and Italy. So prepare yourselves for some very biased reviews of the next 12 books about Italy which I am going to…
The posts on the Best memory of Venice keep coming in and I am very pleased that the Best memory which Robin Locker Lacey of My Mélange has taken back is that of food (my best memories are always of our Venetian food) and of the kindness of Venetian people, which many times is overlooked by…
Here are some of the images of yesterday’s Acqua Alta , which rose up to 136 cm, taken by people living in Venice. The water was so high, that in Saint Marks Square they could not even put up the walkways! Look at the video as well, to see how the Venetian just cope with…
VENEXIA XE BELA FABRICÀ SUL MAR, CHI NON LA POL VEDAR NO LA PO STIMAR (Venice is beautiful, built on the sea, who cannot see it cannot appreciate it) This is a very old Venetian saying and well, who has been to Venice can only agree with this! (For more Venetian sayings you can…
Tomorrow will be another big celebration for Venice: Santa Maria della Salute or Madonna della Salute.Unfortunately I have been extremely busy for the last two week and I really did not have time to sit down and write a porper post about this, but I feel it is right to let you know a little…
Carrying on with our series of posts about which memories people remember the best about Venice, this time it is the turn of Julie Gilley, another Facebook friend, who has travelled to Venice many times but who remembers one in particular: Venice—Not For The Suitcase Laden Traveler! I credit Venice as being the city that…
November has arrived in Venice with a vengeance: today the sky is grey, the rain is pouring and the wind is howling! And the wind is also blowing in memories of Venice from some other dear Facebook friend: Jessica from Bootsnall! Jessica has been to Venice many times but it always amazes me how she…
Venice: The Arsenal Back in May 2010 I was lucky enough to visit the Arsenale in Venice. The Arsenale is usually closed to the public; it is currently used only in small part as one of the venues of the Biennale di Venezia, but for a few days a year, thanks to an event called…
One of the most interesting, precious and enchanting places in Venice is the Ancient Jewish Ghetto. As I already said many times before, I always try to go there as much as I can, since it is one of the few places in Venice where really time stands still. I have talked about the Ghetto…
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…
Simple basic Italian cooking lessons. We did it: finally our video for CookInVenice.com is on line! Arianna and I are really pleased we managed to do this, we have been thinking about it for a while, but never really got around doing it. I would like to thank all our students who took part in…
10 Old Venetian Proverbs about Food, Drink and Family Yesterday at the library in Oriago, my home town, I came across a very interesting book about old Venetian proverbs, many of which I remember from when I was young and many I did not know. The book is called Proverbi Veneti Commentati by Mario Massari…
Always wanted to learn Italian, but don’t have the time? Always wanted to visit Venice and live like an Italian for a while? Well this is the course for you. You can take part in a short week-end language course in the outskirts of Venice, on the Riviera del Brenta in my own house. You…
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…
A class for intermediate to advanced students of Italian where we can pratice conversational skills and techniques. We will talk about Italy, Italian food, Italian fashion and all things Italian : REGISTER
An introductory class to the Italian language for all those people who would like a taste of what it is like learning Italian! This is a one-off class, a full 12 week course will start in August. http://edufire.com/classes/3766-italian-introductory-class-for-absolute-beginners
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…
An Italian class for those of you who would like to learn some basic vocabulary to travel around my beautiful country Italy. We will start right from the basics The course will last 10 weeks. http://edufire.com/classes/2629-italian-for-absolute-beginners
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