Dinner time! (2)

Well you have seen I Sportivi from the street. Now it would be unfair if I wouldn't let you enjoy the view from inside...

Dinner time!

Starving after a whole day walking in Venice? This is one of our favorite places for a nice and hearty pizza, let's say gorgonzola spinachi (or a pasta al pesto o al nero di seppia...). It's "I Sportivi", in the south part of Campo Santa Margherita.

Morning

Sestiere Castello. Eight in the morning.

Zattere

The Zattere embankmant starts at the Dogana di Mare and ends at the Stazione Marittima. It's a long promenade where people like to take a walk in the evening to enjoy the last rays of sunshine.

Fishmonger

A Fishmonger's shop in the Giudecca.

Over the water

“Let every man praise the bridge that carries him over”

San Erasmo

As we were in Vignola, let's carry on this little stroll on the laguna islands, with the neighbour San Erasmo, the "market garden" of Venice. In this season, mainly swiss chard, spinach, zucchini, potatoes...

Oratorio in Vignole

A little chapel in a quiet place. The Oratorio di Santa Maria Assunta e Santa Eurosia, in Vignole island.

Kubrick Photographer

Until November 14th, 200 photographs of young Stanley Kubrick are to be seen at the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti.

Lavena

Si supieras, que aún dentro de mi alma,
conservo aquel cariño que tuve para ti...
Quién sabe si supieras que nunca te he
olvidado, volviendo a tu pasado te
acordarás de mí...

Los amigos ya no vienen ni siquiera a visitarme,
nadie quiere consolarme en mi aflicción...
Desde el día que te fuiste siento angustias
en mi pecho, decí, percanta,
¿qué has hecho de mi pobre corazón?

Carlos Gardel
(Música: Gerardo Matos Rodríguez -
Letra: Pascual Contursi y Enrique Maroni)

Riva degli Schiavoni

Large bank at the south of the Castello, la Riva degli Schiavoni stretches from the Palazzo Ducale to the Arsenal. It's a nice and sunny promenade along St Mark's Basin, often packed with tourists...

Isola Madonna del Monte

On the way to Burano, a small island occupied by the ruins of what used to be back in time a powder magazine : Isola Madonna del Monte.

Santa Maria del Rosario

In front of the busy Canale della Giudecca, Santa Maria del Rosario, commonly known as "I Gesuati".

Basquiat by Fiore

Exibition Enzo Fiore at the Galleria d'Arte Contini. Born in Milano in 1968 Fiore uses a very personnal technique, realizing portraits with surprising and unusual materials such as moss, roots, leaves, earth, gravel and resin. Some works are even exclusively made with all king of insects... Spectacular!

Landscape Painters

In many places of Venice you'll encounter artists working together on a same landscape, as here, near La Salute, painting the façade of a house covered with Virginia creeper.

Ponte dell'Accademia

Il Ponte dell'Accademia links San Marco and Dorsoduro. On this wooden structure, tourists enjoy taking a little break to admire the surrounding view, to watch the boats sailing on the Canal, and to have their photo taken...

Bacino di San Marco

The sprawling St Mark's Basin, part of the Venetian lagoon, used to be, in bygone centuries, the center of the maritime, trading and conquering Venice. I love to dream of these times, watching the basin from the Dogana di mare.

Gone Fishing, sounds crazy I know...

I’m going fishing
I got me a line
Nothin'I do's gonna' make the difference
So I’m taking the time

And you ain’t never gonna be happy
Anyhow, anyway
So I’m going fishing
And I’m going today

I’m going fishing
Sounds crazy I know
I know nothing about fishing
But just watch me go

And when my time has come
I will look back and see
Peace on the shoreline
That could have been me

You can waste a whole lifetime
Trying to be
What you think is expected of you
But you’ll never be free

May as well go fishing
Chris Rea

A Gondola Ride

Oh what fun it is to ride in a Venetian gondola...

Autumn creeping in...

I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864)

Venice Daily on B&W Photography

"Why do you need a Photoblog" an article published in the October 2010 issue of the British Magazine B&W Photography. The author of this article has be kind enough to take this blog to illustrate his story. Well, I'm honoured and chuffed! Thank you B&W Photography.

The Sea Cloud

A call in Venice for the luxurious and beautiful four masts Sea Cloud. Formerly a weather ship for the United States Coast Guard, launched in 1931, she has been undergoing repairs and set sail on her first cruise in 1979.

Landing Stage

Vaporetto stop San Zaccaria on the Riva degli Schiavoni.

Promenade in Vignole

As we are in Vignole, let's take some time for a leisurely walk in this tiny island.

Trattoria Alle Vignole

A nice week end promenade in Vignole island, real countryside in the lagoon, two vaporetto stops from Venice. And a good idea for a lunch in the trattoria's garden, up this narrow path among the fields. Only from spring to the beginning of autumn, as the Trattoria alle Vignole closes this year on October 9.

VDP Friends

Wednesday, Isa and myself met two friends of Venice Daily Photo for a nice Spritz in Campo Santa Margherita.
Both of them are great lovers of Venice. Jude, from California, is a great traveller. Here for no less than five weeks, she paints and write about Venice. Bert is from Cambridge. He knows every single street in Venice and, as you may have observed on this blog, is amazingly able to guess where a picture has been taken, just studying the slightest detail on it. A wizzard!
Jude's Blog : "Giuditta in Italia"