tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post8895309017537222780..comments2024-03-28T07:52:07.647-04:00Comments on venezia blog: A Summer Sunday in Piazza San Marco, 4 ViewsSteven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-60120479875793088362017-07-17T23:54:22.445-04:002017-07-17T23:54:22.445-04:00Meanwile, in Copenhagen: Homes in the Dutch capita...Meanwile, in Copenhagen: Homes in the Dutch capital are automatically removed from Airbnb’s site if they are rented out for more than 60 days per year.<br />https://www.thelocal.dk/20170717/copenhagen-wants-to-cap-airbnb-subletsMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11275120150145889605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-79861986223295164232017-07-17T14:25:50.725-04:002017-07-17T14:25:50.725-04:00Alas, I rarely feel at all positive about tourism ...Alas, I rarely feel at all positive about tourism in Venice, Jon, but it's nice of you to give me credit for being so-- at the very least it's a change from how I might usually be characterized! I was just pleasantly surprised on those particular days that it wasn't at those moments as hellish as it often is, though in truth it was hellish enough. To really induce despair I would have posted other images--for example, from pretty much any day on the Rialto Bridge. THAT is something you really don't want to see. <br /><br />(I recently read an interview with Donna Leon who, I just discovered, moved out of Venice 3 years ago [only returning for one week a month while], and she specifically cites the crowding on the Rialto Bridge as being one of the experiences that finally convinced her she couldn't bear it anymore.) Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-51785568426934434712017-07-17T13:59:54.455-04:002017-07-17T13:59:54.455-04:00I'm glad you're so positive Steven. But I ...I'm glad you're so positive Steven. But I pretty much think that this jet-age and cruises massive tourist invasion is not comparable with other break points in this city's tourist industry. It is far more viral than the last two, the eighteen hundreds arrival by train and the 1900 arrival of modern car.<br />But then again, I am a tourist too...Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16681198785213713485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-47806767056176159152017-07-16T07:58:53.906-04:002017-07-16T07:58:53.906-04:00There are any number of things to be sad about in ...There are any number of things to be sad about in Venice, Jon, but everything above is pretty much as it's been for decades--and, in fact, on the days I took these shots, it was less crowded in the Piazza than I'd expected. The line to get into the basilica was crazy, which is nothing new, but there weren't any visitors, say, scaling the facade of the Palazzo Ducale or urinating in trash cans or anything like that. If this was the worst of it, it wouldn't be so bad at all. Alas, it's not the worst of it! Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-66690971979738280522017-07-10T14:26:09.708-04:002017-07-10T14:26:09.708-04:00Just makes me sad!Just makes me sad!Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16681198785213713485noreply@blogger.com