The Venice Experience

There have been books written about Venice's secret gardens. Where are they ? Always behind wooden or iron doors, surrounded by brick w...

One of my favorite Venice events is the Vogalonga, a 30 Kilometer rowing event that starts and ends at St. Mark's. It's a non...

...then today is your day!  April 25 is St. Mark's Day, the date of the death of St. Mark, the patron saint of Venice. So yes, this is ...

Seems like we've had very little spring this year. March was almost all rain. So was the beginnning of April. Late last week we saw a f...

Happy Easter and Buona Pasqua! Of all the things I've had to get accustomed to living here on the other side of the Atlantic ocean, l...

By now the world saw white smoke coming from the smoke stacks at the Sistine Chapel, and we've seen the appearance of the new pope at ...

Black smoke from the 1st vote - no new pope tonight. The results of the first vote by the Cardinals holed up in the Sistine Chapel are in...

Buona Festa della Donna! If you anywhere in Italy this week, including Venice, over the past few days you would have seen street vend...

And the winner is...... No, it wasn't Oscar night here in Italy. Even though I waited up until 1am, there was no announcement of who ...

In all of the larger campos in Venice you will find these metal placards holding political campaign posters. Ugly buggers, but at lea...