Venice is speaking to us in symbols. For example, do you know why two lamps are always lit in the southern wing of the Doge’s Palace? Even at night, when nobody is there? We’ll tell you this story in our next post :-) but now, you are going to read about the symbol of celebrating …
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Risi e Bisi & How to Spend 25 April in Venice
In Venice, 25 April usually starts out sunny, and our first walk in the morning leads us to the Piazza to buy a few rosebuds called el boccolo at the stall in front of the Basilica run by various Onlus associations. When you arrive here around 8:30 am, there’s already a little crowd waiting next …
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Guide to the Easter Traditions of Venice
Easter and the Easter week in Venice usher in the real, lush, beautiful spring in the Lagoon: People love eating breakfast outside, and it’s pleasantly warm by 9 am. The city is filled with blossoms, and we all forward to traditional and new!! Easter breads and treats. And we do look forward to Pasquetta, Easter …
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Roses and Spices: Rediscovering Historical Venetian Recipes
When you first come to Venice, can you make out a special culinary style of this city that differs from other regions in Italy? For example, Rome is famous for specialties like pasta cacio e pepe and spaghetti carbonara. The Italian region Liguria is well-known for their delicious and refreshing pesto al basilico. And the …
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Climate Change in the Lagoon of Venice
When I last passed Fondamente Nove in a vaporetto, I noticed a group of pupils and their teachers at work on the stone barrier beneath, collecting garbage like rotting bottles and plastic bags, abandoned just where the path gets rather narrow just east of the Ospedale stop.
The Disenchanted Visitor: A Venetian Spring Story
The event I’m telling you in this post happened three years ago, in mid-April, so the pictures show you a Venice in which spring has made more progress :) This is the story of a visitor who stayed at Lina’s hotel. On the second day of his vacation, he approached Lina and said: “I’m …
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Spring Vibes and a Historical Carnival Cake
Finalmente primavera! Venice looked like this on the first morning of spring! We are all enjoying bright lights, so different from the pale sun barely illuminating Venice during the first few weeks of January. So this is what you would have seen today, arriving at Stazione Santa Lucia. And there’s the smell of new grass …
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