The Venice Experience

Perhaps a better title for this post is The Italian Medical system, part XXX .  Seems I could write on this topic endlessly!  It...

Venice isn't a city designed for long distance runners. Or even short distance runners. Any runners,  for that matter. It's a walki...

The shoreline at Toscolana Maderna, Lake Garda Ciao tutti!  I know, I've been absent for quite some time, and I'd like...

As 2015 wound down, I spent some time wandering the city taking photos of this year's holiday lights. For the first time in as long as...

Often the best things about Venice are the surprises that come when you are lucky enough to get a peek behind a closed door.  I'd say o...

When I checked my email this morning, I found a message from one of the Italian language websites I subscribe to containing some vocabulary...

At the back of our orto is a gigantic old apricot ( albicocca ) tree which had been unfortunately, dormant since we've moved in. This ...

One of my favorite lions in Venice, on  the Scuola Grande di San Marco, has nothing to do with the contents of my blog today, but since h...

Trying something new today. I've been spending a lot of time "fuori" (outside /away) from the house lately, and thought I'...

What do you do after the plague decimates your city?  You throw a huge party!  And Venice, the hostess with the most-est,  has been hostin...