Further catch up

The new moon last Monday in Campo Santa Maria Formosa and mimosa. It was taken after my circolo tour of the palazzo Grimani. I need to go and get ready for tonights' talk on training opera singers then out to dinner with a friend.

I am also selling raffle tickets for the panto fundraiser on Saturday. Sold E55 in 24 hours!

The Africans are selling small bunches on the street.

Pigeons having a bath in a fountain in San Marco

Each of the capitols on the pillars around the Doge's Palace are different. We had an interesting half hour studying them. Back at my apartment I have a book published in 1924, A Wanderer in Venice, and each are explaine. We should have had the book with us!

The light on the water at bacino San Marco

We enjoyed the opera La Boheme, especially the set and costumes. The Fenice does like to be slightly risque with them.

Thursday evening we went just over the Acedemia Bridge to San Vidal to see a performance of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. I have been before and the group, eight of them are very good.

Jennifer wanted to go to Murano, the island where the glass is made. It takes over an hour to get there even taking the no change vaporretto. We got off at colonna and went to see a demonstration of glass blowing. I could probably do it myself I have been so many times I have taken all my visitors. It is E5, cheap compared to if you take the offer of a free taxi to one of the specialists. You are then taken into the showroom where all the VERY expensive glass is on show and there is a hard sell.

At least here you can watch and walk away.

The glass starts as a ball and is made into a horse!