venezia blog

The life of a Venetian firefighter, according to a friend of ours who is one, is not usually very exciting, and for those of us w...

After two years of living here I still marvel at the infinite patience regularly exhibited by the crews on the vaporetti. I don't kno...

The above photo may show a vast church full of art, but when I'm there in person I can see only the Giovanni Bellini at center--ev...

It's Up, up and away! in most ceiling paintings in Venice. It's as if the sunroof of whichever church or palace or scuola you fi...

Something important is missing from this photo taken this morning: at least, from Richard Wagner's point of view They say that the f...

You won't see a trophy room like this in NYC's American Museum of Natural History Venice's Museo di Storia Naturale is not...

You've probably seen the recent pics of the highest tides in years, here's a pic of the lowest boat A couple of months ago I pos...