Venezia 2018

[JustTravel]

These were taken when we were out and about -

That there was the only working gondola we saw.​

On our way home from the supermarket​

At least she was wearing her trainers.​

 

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We watched the water rise from our windows -

.....earlier​

.....later​

.....hard to tell but she had waders on​

.....our "cul-de-sac"​

Tourists returning to their lodging
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Going barefoot


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[Fletch]

Love your photos. This is our apartments dock.
We had to move because the water poured in, not from the canal door which had a barrier, but from holes in the bathroom, laundry and bedroom floor.

 

[Ann]

To those of you in Venice now, stay safe even if you can't stay dry. Here's an article on the flooding: www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/29/venice-experiences-worst-flooding-since-2008. Another article I read said it might approach the level of the flooding in 1966.

 

[JustTravel]

What a difference a day makes!

 

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But a lot of cleaning going on......

And our neighborhood Coop......

 

[Susie L]

I’m just catching up with your trip report, I’m thoroughly enjoying it.

 

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Yesterday would have been a good baking day but I was too preoccupied by the rising water. So this afternoon, I did some baking.

Granola for breakfast​

Oatmeal cookies for dessert​

We try to eat healthy in between the gelato, tiramisu, prosciuto, bresaula, mortadella........

 

[JustTravel]

Today's lunch

 

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Late afternoon

 

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Today at around midday, while resting on one of the benches in Campo San Stefano enjoying the sunshine, we started chatting with another American couple from Seattle. They have been coming to Venice annually for thirty years. This trip started in Scotland (small cruise ship) and then to Mogliano Italy where they met with friends and picked up a car and did a road trip through Slovenia and Croatia, ending this trip in Venice. They have been married for 58 years and still traveling!

 

[JustTravel]

My walk this afternoon took me to the Salute church.

Lit a candle and said a prayer for a friend battling cancer.​

 

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I continued my walk along the Fondamenta Salute to the Punto della Dogana

I took the vaporetto home from Campo San Vio to the Rialto

the Academia bridge​

 

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Our walk today took us to Campo Santa Maria Formosa, pass San Giorgio dei Greci and to Campo de la Bragora

We rested on one of the benches in Campo de la Bragora, enjoying the sunshine and chatting with a young couple from Paris. We then entered the church of San Giovanni in Bragora.

Lighting a candle in this altar​

by Vivarini dated 1476​

Always amazing to find art treasures in the churches.

 

[Susie L]

Grazie Carissima,

My walk this afternoon took me to the Salute church.

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Lit a candle and said a prayer for a friend battling cancer.​

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Grazie Carissima, You continue to touch us. Marco and I sure do appreciate the candles.

 

[JustTravel]

Palazzo Grimani

Ceiling in various rooms

 

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More of Palazzo Grimani

 

[JustTravel]

November 4, 2018 is the "giornata dell’unità nazionale e giornata delle forze armate" - Day of National Unity and Day of Armed Forces. To commemorate the end of WW1 100 years ago on November 4, 1918, the Palazzo Corner-Mocenigo (currently the regional office of the Guardia di Finanza in Campo San Polo) was opened to the public today for guided tours. The tour was only in Italian.

the building​

someone's beautiful office​

this room is set-up as a conference room​

ceiling in one of the rooms​

 

[Susie L]

What a treat it must have been to get inside that Palazzo. Great photos, thank you.

 

[JustTravel]

Woke up to rain this morning. Wish we can just stay in but the apartment is being cleaned this morning, so off we went with our umbrellas. First stop was Caffè del Doge for coffee. Didn't really know where to go (most museums are closed today), so we just started walking. As we were passing the Chiesa di San Polo, came big drops of rain. So, we decided just to visit the church again to see some Tiepolo and Tintorento paintings.