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Bienalle Architectura 2012 - Common Ground
... stole her thunder, often recalling the inverted sandbag models of another great master, Antonio Gaudi.
After the Biennale we headed back to the hotel to clean up for the night. Steph certainly had shown a lot of mental stamina to last all day at this purely architectural festival, let alone encourage my love for all things architecture on such a regular basis, so one reward was to take us to a fun restaurant I’d read about. Being my first native Italian pasta ...
Venice: the main event
... styled canal capital. Birmingham has more canal mileage but I'd still rather be here. When I see one I'll let you know. The boat ride over from Fusina was slower than the slowest of slow buses. 14kmh being the maximum speed, wacky races it was not but there were a few speedboats breaking all sorts of lawns but would have been no match for the giant tanker nearby. So a meal in the ...
Finally Venice
... in the marshes of Venice. In the 9th century, the people of Venice founded a Republic called the Republic of Venice, in an effort to keep their land out of the reach of the Francs. Between the 13th to the 15th centuries, the Republic became the world's largest trading nation. This increased the wealth of Venetians and led to significant business monopolies throughout the New World. As exploration opened new worlds around the globe ...
Venice - A postcard just for Lee!!
... the bottle stopper to good use!!!!
We walked down as far as Accademia where we boarded the next Vaporetto to take us back to Piazzale Roma. This meandered down the rest of the Grand Canal. The banks are lined with over 200 grand palaces or ornate houses, some as splendid as the day they were built, others awaiting their turn of renovation. This trip culminates in passing under the Rialto Bridge. This bridge divides the city into two. The San Marco side ...
Lost in Venice!
... hand, we dove back into the crowd and continued to pursue what it felt by now, a treasure hunt in finding our hotel! I was starting to enjoy this as many narrow alleys in between tall ancient buildings were passed through as well as dark and deserted ones with many tunnels! Spoooooky!
It then became apparent that we were circling ...