Fruit and vegetable merchant

On the way from San Barnaba church to the campo Santa Marguerita, in the Dorsoduro, you can buy some fresh fruits and vegetables at this nice and traditional little barge. Between two custommers, the shopkeeper spends some time pruning artichokes, a very sought-after delicacy in Italy.

San Giovanni Evangelista

Not far from the campo dei Frari, slightly going towards the north, in San Polo Sestiere, here is the Scuola San Giovanni Evangelista. On its little campo, this finely chiselled great door has been made by the Renaissance sculptor and architect Pietro Lombardo in 1478.

Baby, out in the street I just feel all right

When Im out in the street
I walk the way I wanna walk
When Im out in the street
I talk the way I wanna talk
When Im out in the street
When Im out in the street

When Im out in the street, girl
Well, I never feel alone
When Im out in the street, girl
In the crowd I feel at home
Baby, out in the street I dont feel sad or blue

Bruce Springsteen

Palazzo Zen

Situated near the Gesuati, in the Cannaregio Sestiere, this large palace was built from 1537 by Francesco and Sebastiano Zen. On the facade, a stone tablet remembers two forerunners of this aristocratic family, Nicolo and Antonio Zeno who, around the year 1400, are said to have sail up to the northern Atlantic Ocean (and some say up to North America). A beautiful story wich is nowdays considered as a mere legend by most historians...

Time to bail out...

There is what happens when one doesn't take care of his belongings!
At least the rats have deserted, for sure...

Behind San Giacomo dell Orio

In the heart of San Polo Sestiere, in the middle of a network of straight and quiet streets, San Giacomo dell Orio is one of the oldest churches in Venice.

Morning Paper

In Venice as in evry city in the world, people commute twice a day and make the most of this time spent in public transports by reading the daily papers.

Roundabout Way

Coming back, at night, from some great dinner at Marie and Alain's home, I love to follow a roundabout way and spend some minutes dreaming over this green mirror on the back of the Teatro la Fenice...

From a Window in Ca Zanardi

17th century palace, Ca Zanardi is today a nice and cosy guest house in the Cannaregio sestiere.

Riva del Vin

This bank of the Grand Canal, close to the Rialto Bridge, used to be the place where the wine docks where situated. It's today a lovely place to have dinner at night.

Santa Maria della Salute

In the aftermath of a terrible bubonic plague epidemic, the Republic of Venice decided that a votive church would be built. Choosen to work on this project the young architect Baldassare Longhena will dedicate fifty years of his life to this masterpice, from 1631 to his death in 1682.

Boy with Frog (2)

Another image of the Boy with Frog, at the Punta della Dogana...

Rialto

On the central steps of the Rialto bridge...

Thanks God, it's Friday

Friday night in the lively student district of Campo Santa Margherita... Moretti and good mood all night long!

Jeffrey Isaac at Ca Zanardi

Until November 22, painter Jeffrey Isaac is one of the artists exposed at Ca Zanardi, a palace in the Castello Sestiere. This large oil on canvas is named "George W. Bush leading the war of terror". The exibition Detournement Venise 2009 is presented as the same time as the 53rd Biennale di Venezia.

Fishing Nets in a Garden

Not in Murano, Burano, Torcello or in any remote island on the Lagoon, but indeed in Venice, in San Polo Sestiere...

Ponte Storto

Ponte Storto, near San Aponal, in sestiere San Polo. When on a bridge people often stop for a short while, to observe the activity on the canal below, to enjoy a light breath of air, or to chat with some familiar faces...

What can it mean?

On the same Fondamenta de le Grue (yesterday's picture) , the passer-by can observe this stone patera on a wall : a lion with three cranes (or are they peacocks) on its back... Each time I see it I can't help wondering about the meaning of this antique decoration. Any idea?