{"id":190,"date":"2006-08-22T09:27:35","date_gmt":"2006-08-22T09:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sararosso.com\/index.php\/2006\/08\/22\/9-times-the-charm-venice\/"},"modified":"2006-08-22T11:04:29","modified_gmt":"2006-08-22T11:04:29","slug":"9-times-the-charm-venice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/22\/9-times-the-charm-venice\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Times the Charm: Venice"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>You can also now reach my blog by using <a title=\"Ms. Adventures in Italy\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\">www.msadventuresinitaly.com<\/a> !!<\/li>\n<li>Cool site: Following in Wikipedia&#8217;s footsteps, <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Wiki Travel\" href=\"http:\/\/wikitravel.org\/en\/Main_Page\">Wiki Travel<\/a>, an free, editable travel guide is going strong. The <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Italian language version of Wiki Travel\" href=\"http:\/\/wikitravel.org\/it\/Pagina_principale\">Italian language version<\/a> just launched.<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Some Italian city guides (English): <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Wiki Travel Milan Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/wikitravel.org\/en\/Milan\">Milan<\/a> &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Wiki Travel Rome Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/wikitravel.org\/en\/Rome\">Rome<\/a> &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Wiki Travel Venice Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/wikitravel.org\/en\/Venice\">Venice<\/a> &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Wiki Travel Florence Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/wikitravel.org\/en\/Florence\">Florence<\/a> &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Wiki Travel Naples Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/wikitravel.org\/en\/Naples\">Naples<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>I just can&#8217;t look at <strong>Fergie<\/strong> (aka <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stacey_Ferguson\">Stacey Ferguson<\/a> from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blackeyedpeas.com\/\">Black Eyed Peas<\/a>) the same since I found out she was on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kids_Incorporated\">Kids Incorporated<\/a> for 6 years! I used to love that show! Now she&#8217;s trying to act all ghetto and that makes me laugh. Guess she got kicked out of the soda shop onto the &#8220;streets.&#8221; Check <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsincorporated.us\/\">this site<\/a> for some of her early KI vocals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I took my <em>suoceri <\/em>(in-laws) to Venice in July. It was their first time there and I was proud to know enough about Venice to show them around, or at least make our way through the winding streets without getting too lost. In fact, I counted and it was my ninth time to Venice. I love going every time, especially now that I can go for a day trip without problems.<\/p>\n<p>Venice doesn&#8217;t have much of a nightlife, and there&#8217;s a big cost difference between eating and eating well, so I don&#8217;t mind just getting a sandwich where I can and concentrating on what I can see. (And buy.)<br \/>\nI see a lot of people clutching maps as we wind through the streets, but I really like just wandering around and seeing what I can. I remember my favorite spots and with a few landmarks you can navigate quite well.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the day we were there, there was a transportation strike &#8211; the only transportation being the <span style=\"font-style: italic\">vaparetto<\/span> &#8220;ferry buses&#8221; that are really the only way to get around if you don&#8217;t want to walk. So <em>Murano<\/em> Island was out, which is where I like to go to conduct my <span style=\"font-style: italic\">business\/affari<\/span>, so we improvised.<\/p>\n<p>Normally I walk from the train station, La Ferrovia dello Stato, to St. Mark&#8217;s Square. There are lots of shops along the way, and several landmarks. This time we decided to cross over the big bridge directly in front of the station and walk on the other side.<\/p>\n<p>After winding through some side streets, devoid of any real shops or visible life forms, we ended up near the Rialto Fish market (<em>Pescheria<\/em>), where there were lots of people. Apparently fish has been sold here for over 600 years. This current building is only about 100 years old, though.<\/p>\n<p>It was about 11 when we passed through the market. The fish had been sitting out for a few hours, and the early bird patrons had already scooped up the freshest selections.<br \/>\n<center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.sararosso.com\/images\/venice1.jpg\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Service still is king &#8211; he was cutting fresh fish up for a waiting customer.<\/p>\n<p><center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.sararosso.com\/images\/venice3.jpg\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">There was not only a fish market, but a fruit and vegetable market as well. My in-laws bought some beans for our meal that night, <em>Pasta e fagioli<\/em>. That was the first time I had carried around a Venetian purchase that wasn&#8217;t glass.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I couldn&#8217;t resist this fruit and in fact we bought some of the nectarines that I love. There weren&#8217;t that many other people taking pictures of food so a few strange looks came my way when I crouched down in front of the stand. My Italian family is pretty much immune to my eccentricities by now, so they just waited patiently.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I&#8217;m not a big fan of <em>ribes<\/em>, gooseberries but I thought they looked great in this picture. The lighting was perfect.<br \/>\n<center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.sararosso.com\/images\/venice2.jpg\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">There were very few tourists on that side of the Canal, and it&#8217;s hard to remember that Venice is a home to many Italians. The Venetians seem to be in the shops during the day and in the evenings, they retreat to their homes off the main island. But that day, there were many, many Italians out doing their normal Saturday shopping. I noticed quite a line inside this meat and cheese shop, <em>La Casa del Parmigiano<\/em>, and thought it beared remembering.<br \/>\n<center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.sararosso.com\/images\/venice4.jpg\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">After a bit of a walk and being surrounded by all that food, we felt it best to take a rest and eat our lunch. It was only 11:30. I wouldn&#8217;t have thought twice about it in the U.S., but that&#8217;s the earliest I&#8217;ve ever eaten lunch in Italy. But it made sense &#8211; we had taken the 7am train from Milan and we had fresh sandwiches we had bought at my favorite shop just after getting off the train. Why shouldn&#8217;t we have a snack? That and we had had our senses stimulated a little too much by the sights at the market. This was the piazza we sat and ate in.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I have to note that I have always been extremely lucky with Venetian weather. Sunny and clear in late November, early March, mid-July. I&#8217;ve never experienced <em>acqua alta<\/em>, the high water where everyone has to walk on the raised planks. Of course you get the occasional sunburn from the long vaparetto trip. The days when the sun shines, the city really sparkles and it makes more vivid. This day was another beautiful example of how good Venice was to us.<br \/>\n<center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.sararosso.com\/images\/venice5.jpg\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The sight of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St_Mark%27s_Clocktower\"><em>Torre dell&#8217;Orologio<\/em><\/a> (clock tower) below may not seem like much to you, but it was only recently uncovered at the end of May after almost <strong>10 years of restoration<\/strong>. The tower is more than 500 years old. [More about <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.torreorologio.it\/eng\/index.php\">the restoration<\/a>]<br \/>\n<center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.sararosso.com\/images\/venice6.jpg\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I&#8217;d be lying if I said I came home empty-handed other than the beans. I have a real problem when it comes to shopping in Venice &#8211; I Of course I found some new finds since I stayed on the mainland and checked out the other shops.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>What do you love about Venice? Do you have any favorite spots off the beaten path? Give me some ideas for trip #10!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can also now reach my blog by using www.msadventuresinitaly.com !! Cool site: Following in Wikipedia&#8217;s footsteps, Wiki Travel, an free, editable travel guide is going strong. The Italian language version just launched. Some Italian city guides (English): Milan &#8211; Rome &#8211; Venice &#8211; Florence &#8211; Naples I just can&#8217;t look at Fergie (aka Stacey&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/22\/9-times-the-charm-venice\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2,29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-food","7":"category-italy","8":"category-venice","9":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uB1-34","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":367,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/18\/early-morning-in-venice\/","url_meta":{"origin":190,"position":0},"title":"Early Morning in Venice","author":"Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy","date":"July 18, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I had some visitors in town recently, and though their trip was over by the time I posted How to Order an Italian Coffee and How to Avoid a Pickpocket and those posts were no help to them, I was lucky enough to be able to join them on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Discovering Italy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Discovering Italy","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/category\/discovering-italy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"St. Mark's Square in Early Morning","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1284\/843888540_dabf7d0980.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3406,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/04\/a-few-hours-in-venice-italy-and-writing-raw\/","url_meta":{"origin":190,"position":1},"title":"A few hours in Venice, Italy, and Writing Raw","author":"Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy","date":"November 4, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"It takes stepping back and shaking routine off your shoulders to see the details and intrigue in things that have become commonplace. 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