Three Dolphins

Three dolphins, somewhere in Venice, on a wall, over a door. And I'm pretty sure that some of you know where this relief is located...

Glamour camouflage

Two lovers, two cups of cofee, an aqua alta... A glamour tarpaulin to cover up Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana while it's being renovated.

Outside a café

A nice terrace, perfect for a little rest after having visited Venice on a hot spring day. I will let you guess where this place is...

Three bridges

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
Isaac Newton

Spritz

It has been a long time since our last Spritz. Here are two. One Campari, one Aperol... Cheers!

Columns

Quietness, at the edge of town...

Old Friends

Old friends, memory brushes the same years, silently sharing the same fears...
Paul Simon

Cabernet at Rialto

A nice place to buy some excellent Cabernet. Friendly shopkeeper, Daniele will advise you and will let you sample his wines. You'll find the shop under the arcades, at the Rialto market (San Polo, 62).

Though some have changed ...

This is what it used to look like - I can't give you a date, I'm afraid.

Fondamenta Quintavale

This is where Pierre was standing when he took the previous image. There are places here, some have gone and some remain.

Wharf

Isola San Pietro, Sestiere Castello... A traditional fishermen, sailors and shipyards district.

Ducal Palace

The Ducal palace of Venice contains the three elements in exactly equal proportions-the Roman, Lombard, and Arab. It is the central building of the world.
John Ruskin

Pinocchio

Geppetto: Now close your eyes and go to sleep.
Pinocchio: Why?
Geppetto: Everybody has to sleep. Figaro goes to sleep - and Cleo - and besides, tomorrow, you've got to go to school.
Pinocchio: Why?
Geppetto: Oh, to learn things and get smart.
Pinocchio: Why?
Geppetto: [starts to fall asleep] Because.
Pinocchio: Oh.

Roundabout way

In Venice, the shortest way is not necessarily the most interesting. A roundabout way may lead to some charming scenery.

Rower

"You linger to see his back, and the back of his neck and shoulder-side...
The Bending forward and backward of the rowers..."
Walt Whitman

Deciphering

Like Champollion on the Rosetta Stone...

Street Fishmonger

Selling cuttlefish in the Castello streets...

Artist

Art makes life beautiful...

Stazione Marittima

Evening on the Giudecca Canale...

Doors

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.
Bob Marley

Like a theatre stage...

Each time I go through this little Venetian campo, I feel like I'm on a theater stage. Or maybe is it the whole of Venice which is a theatre scenery in which we are the main roles or the background actors...

Gondola ride

The city's a flood
And our love turns to rust
U2

Vedute di Venezia

In Venice as in many cities, painters and draftsmen propose their work in the streets. A perfect souvenir to bring back home...

Spring flowers

Spring flower seem to honour this statue of the "Santissima Madre di Gesù", so dearly beloved in Italia...

Window

Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.
Kahlil Gibran