VeniceblogAbout Venice, Italy.Foreign Wedding Boom- February 22, 2006 According to the Comune di Venezia, more and more wedding gondolas are being filled with non-Italians. Over the last decade, there has been a 254% increase in the number of marriages in Venice in which both groom and bride were...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2006/02/foreign_wedding.html Panic at the Fenice- February 22, 2006 Power to the La Fenice opera house mysteriously shut down yesterday, disabling the sophisticated fire prevention technology that was installed to prevent a repeat of the 1997 tragedy, when the landmark jewelbox was reduced to a smoldering pit. Members of...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2006/02/panic_at_the_fe.html Advice For Handicapped Visitors to Venice- February 8, 2006 Over the last few months, I've gotten a few emails from folks wondering about how people with disabilities might best cope with barriers when visiting Venice. A city of bridges, stairs and water creates formidable logistical challenges, to put it...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2006/02/advice_for_hand.html Rialto: Mostly Foreign Fish- February 8, 2006 This surprised me. Only about 20% of the fish sold at the Rialto fish market come from local waters.This according to a new statistical bulletin put out by Il Mercato Ittico del Tronchetto, as reported in today's Gazzettino. While some...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2006/02/rialto_mostly_f.html Vap Prices Hiked- February 7, 2006 ACTV has just hiked the vaporetto ticket prices in time for Carnevale. Basic, one way, non-Grand Canal trips, now cost 5 euros, up from 3.50 euros. That's pretty major. Day passes go up too (10.50 euros from 12.60 euros), but...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2006/02/vap_prices_hike.html Jumpy Jacko in Venice Vamoose- February 6, 2006 Apparently Michael Jackson flew into Marco Polo Airport incognito with his two kids last week, but he left immediately before disembarking when word slipped. The airport reception area was reportedly jammed with media. His reason for coming to town Beyond...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2006/02/jumpy_jacko_in_.html This Morning's Activity- February 4, 2006 A paper Canalazzo, about 7 feet long. Natalie Venezia and Miles, on the job. Nat imagines submarines gliding under the Rialto. Miles wanted to put a boat on top of a palazzo. It's all for Grandma's 67th birthday ... we're...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2006/02/this_mornings_a.html Pigeon Football- February 4, 2006 Authorities are looking for some cruelly inventive kids who started an impromptu game of pigeon football in Piazza San Marco yesterday. Lots of witnesses saw the feather-flying action, but apparently, the carabinieri arrived after the final whistle. At the end,...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2006/02/pigeon_football.html Calatrava Dreaming- February 3, 2006 Let's see now. The Calatrava bridge over the Canal Grande, connecting the train station with Piazzale Roma was supposed to be completed in June 2004. Febuary 2006: no bridge. Cost overruns are reported to be in the 1 million euros...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2006/02/calatrava_dream.html Nebbia- February 1, 2006 Winter means fog in Venice. The winter nebbia there, as it's called in Italian, is quite unlike anything I have experienced: dense, hood-on-the-head, rain-cloud-come-to-earth fog that seemed to sock us in at least every other morning. As we lived on...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2006/02/nebbia.html |