posted 02-14-2002 04:39 AM
Venice is really great! I love this town since I choose a Venezian tale as my final examination. My task was to illustrate a book of a german writer, Gertrud von le Fort.I remember quite well that I had no inspiration about the stuff, so one evening I decided to go to Venice, loaded my car and simply started off the same evening (I was a student that time…) - without remembering that I had to cross the alps. Well, it was in the middle of november and I had no snow tyres. So I left the car in Bavaria and continued the journey by train.
When you arive in Venice you leave the station directly in front of the Canal Grande – and you are in another time, in another world. It was easy to find a cheap hotel in november.
I took a vaporetto (little motorship, like a bus) down the Canal Grande with its illuminated palaces, right to San Marco, the huge orientale basilica and the Doge’s Palace.
Even though Venice is a city of palaces the Doge's Palace is the only building named "Palace" - Palazzo Ducale.
Meanwhile it had become completely dark… and I lost my way in the small "calle" (alleyways) and bridges without taking care, when sudenly I found myself just in front of a precious marble white Renaissance church – santa Maria dei Miracoli (St. Mary of the Miracles)…
But I’m loosing my way in the descriptions…
I just wanted to add that in my opinion the Doge’s Palace ist no castle because it isn’t a fortified building.
But who cares? It is absolutely great. Do you remember the enormous paintings? Wooow!
[This message has been edited by Peter Esser (edited 02-14-2002).]