Bridge to the Moon
The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.
Henry David Thoreau
posted by Pierre at 10:13 PM
7 Comments:
Here's hoping we all retain our youth. :)
You build the bridge, the palace, and the woodshed with your materials and how grateful we are, no matter our age, to see what you make for us.
Like the photo—and the quote! Can't say I'm young, but I'll still take the bridge to the moon (or perhaps just to the other side of the canal).
I believe the Japanese would call this shape a moon bridge. Fitting, don't you think?
Nice! Coming from a place that has no bridges, do you mind me asking why the bridge is so steep? So boats can pass underneath?
You got it, T Becque! Hard to believe now, but there used to be horses in Venice, and the bridges were flat, and, it seems, movable, so boats could get by. I guess there was less water traffic in those days. But later bridges were built of stone and brick, so they had to allow boats underneath. This probably led to the demise of horse traffic.
This one was quite difficult, Pierre. The building looks so new, but there are no new buildings in Venice. I had a quick look at Giudecca, but nothing there. Then, since you like Dorsoduro so much, I had a look there. I needed a T-junction with a bridge, and soon found Rio de le Romite (delle Eremite) and Ponte Borgo. The name of the palazzo was tricky, but did not take long once I read the number in the dark Calle Trevisan. It's Palazzo Giustinian-Recanati.
So if Bert is right (and he hasn't been wrong yet!), I was going to ask if you were having a meal at Antica Locanda Montin—but this looks like morning light. Is it?
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