Sunday, November 23, 2008

Venice is Empty

Where have all the tourists gone? I haven't seen Venice like this since my first professional gig twenty five years ago, which was a month in La Serenissima with Claudio Abbado and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.......

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8 Comments:

Blogger Dale said...

Wow. Wonderful pictures.

11:59 PM  
Blogger Making A Mark said...

Maybe Venice is another victim of the credit crunch?

How delightful to be in Venice with no tourists! I'm having to restrain myself from checking details of flights....

1:07 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Please tell me you ate some of that pistachio torte..it looks divine - what have you been eating there?

8:02 PM  
Blogger ruth said...

jenna, yes we did! we shared a piece and it was a marvel! we are cooking at home mostly (no restaurants for us this year) and i have just made variation two (silver spoon cookbook)of the radicchio lasagne. they have the treviso type here - sweet and meaty!! yum!

8:09 PM  
Blogger Peter (the other) said...

Gawd, the beauty. You really do take wonderful photos.

My best time in Venice was a January. Nothing so magic as entering St. Marks Square at 0700, to find I had it alone with some pigeons.

I am shivering with excitement from the sight of that torta. Oh-oh, maybe needs to go to torta anonymous. Thanks for the Silver Spoon tip, as well as expanding my knowledge of radicchio.

6:49 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm very impressed with your frugality! i hope you both enjoy the remainder of your trip. I wonder how one makes that torte....was it more of a cake consistency or more creamy?

9:26 PM  
Blogger Zinnia Cyclamen said...

What a total gem of a first professional gig.

6:15 AM  
Blogger Edward Burton said...

Wow, gorgeous photos! My wife and I were in Venice the last week of November and we must have taken hundreds of photos.

7:38 PM  

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