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of the extraordinary things about Venice is the infinite variety of
vistas which open up at every turn; the contrast between the dark
back alleys and quaint narrow canal and the dazzling brilliance of
the sun-drenched lagoon. And then of course the change from
night to day and the unbelievable subtleties of the ever changing
light as the sun goes down, changing colour, bathing San Giorgio and
the Giudecca in a golden glow and finally darkening into the darkest
imaginable blue... Dorsoduro has two
faces, one onto the lagoon and the other across the Grand Canal and
thus a perfect spot to watch the sun setting on San Marco and San
Giorgio at the same time, poetically framed by this rather
provocative statue of a young boy, of particular interest to the
endless Japanese girly tourists who just had to have their photo
taken pointing at its diminutive willy, one at a time, then as a
group, then as a different group...oh, and probably the entire
paedophile population of Western Europe.
There was a full time guard, vainly
attempting to stop anyone actually touching it; I wonder how long it
is there for and what the bill for the security will be, not to
mention the therapy the poor guy will have to go through when he
finally admits he has just spent the last month or so staring at a
little boy's privates.
Lovely restaurants and surprisingly quiet
once you get past the Academia; don't miss
Santa Maria della Salute. |
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