The view of the Grand Canal from the Museum
Ok this will be my last Venice post for a while.
I wanted to write this yesterday but the post deserved time, emotion and thought and effort
To me it’s an important post for an important day
all I can tell you is that I have been captivated by Venice from the get-go, captivated , entranced, impressed from the first time I saw it properly the moment we approached it from the North East causeway but I truly fell in love with the city when we had a break inside the subtle Guggenheim museum and walked on an almost deserted museum terrace which over looked the Grand Canal at midday.
From the calm, beauty of the deserted museum on Sunday morning , we left the mutedly lit Pollock’s and Picasso’s for the bright, blue beauty of a thoroughfare packed with boats and people and movement.
And It was joyous
My friend Colin giggled as I waved without any embarrassment to anyone in the boats on the canal who would wave back, and I guessed understood just why I did it.
And wave they did, almost as if they could feel my excitement and pleasure of that one moment pure moment .
A big black guy , showing off to his girlfriend in a motorboat, a group of schoolgirls on a vaparetto and a family of women in hijabs in a water taxi they all waved to me as I waved to them from one of the most impressive and beautiful museums in the world, on a sunny hot day , when the water looked duck egg blue and Sun shone so happily .
It was a glorious wonderful moment that I will never forget
The terrace at the museum
Absolutely beautiful...isn't it wonderful when people unconnected are mutually joyous because of atmosphere and sheer beauty.
ReplyDeleteIn retrospect I thought it may sound all rather silly, but it doesn’t
DeleteThank you for just being you John and for giving a lot of us that wonderful feeling of being back in Venice, it does take you in. Now you have your next two trips to look forward to. GG
ReplyDeleteYes, there seems to many of us now in the “ I adore Venice” club
DeleteI'm sure people were responding to your genuineness and joy!
ReplyDeleteAnd fat hands waving madly lol
DeleteThere is quite some bother here about teenagers using vaporettos. Bad for their health and addictive, it is said. Vaporettos may well be banned. Many non smoking signs have been altered to include no vaporettos.
ReplyDeleteA vaporetto is a water bus!
DeleteIt was a joke Anon, a joke!!
DeleteAnon with no sense of humour lol
DeleteIt's 'The Railway Children', Italian version.
ReplyDeleteI’ve always had an affinity with Jenny Agutter
DeleteThanks for taking us along on your joyous visit to Venice. You're still on a high, I can tell. I hope that high lasts a long time! xx
ReplyDeleteI’m coming down to reality today…..
DeletePrecious memories. So pleased that Venice went straight to your heart.
ReplyDeleteOne of those moments we treasure and which make our lives richer as memories. How special was that pure joy! It's so easy to love Italy I think. Have enjoyed your photos of your visit to Venice and looking forward to your visit to Florence. Which I love.
ReplyDeleteAnd Rome in the autumn
DeleteJoyful waving. The image of it all made me smile, thank you. Sharon x
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome, I looked like a simpleton, but I didn’t care
DeleteGlad you loved it. I fell in love the first time I saw it. It’s as if a Canaletto painting has come to life. And you can get great coffee 😄 Athene
ReplyDeleteQuite a few have said something similar Athene, which I’m not surprised about
DeleteA trip well worth doing.
ReplyDeleteOh yes…I knew I had to do it
DeleteBeautiful post , what a wonderful trip. Noreen
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DeleteVenice is a very special place, almost magical.
ReplyDeleteI always feel like I have come home when I have visited Italy. Like I should have been born there, weird huh?
I felt at home there, more than any other places I’ve ever visited and I include New York
DeleteThank you for sharing your trip -Venice is a really special place isn’t it. We spent the days just exploring on foot and drinking coffee outside cafes just soaking up the atmosphere.
ReplyDeleteAnd drinking orange bitter aperol
DeleteI think the effect that beautiful city had on you surprised you. Captivated is an excellent word for describing it. I can tell you are in love through your posts. Barcelona and Rome...... Travel is good for the soul. Louise X
ReplyDeleteIt caught me unawares
DeleteTotally unawares
Venice is magical
ReplyDeleteIt is good to read such a wonderfully uplifting blog post this morning. You have made my day. I hope your feeling of euphoria stays with you for a long time.
ReplyDeleteI hope so too…it’s so lovely to feel genuiningly upbeat
DeleteYou have i fused me with joy this morning at the start of a potentially fraught day. Thank you. Catriona
ReplyDeleteSmile and glide Catriona xx
DeleteOn such a gloomy rainy day here your photos and description of Venice have brought such magic and emotion - albeit tears - Love it x💖⛲
ReplyDeleteI’m glad they perked you up
DeleteI have really enjoyed going along for the ride with you. Such a joyful trip and beautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteThanks carol x
DeleteI think you have to be on a certain (artistic?) wavelength to feel like you and Ido about Venice John. It is without doubt unique. When I was first widowed I contemplated taking a room theresomewhere for a year. In the end I didn't doit because \i met David but have always thought a year there might well have erased that feeling of slight awe one gets in the place.
ReplyDeleteI think u are right weave
DeleteI was surprised by the effect it had on me, not only a reaction to a long overlong and missed holiday
It was a genuine affinity with a place of magic
I am so pleased for you that your Venice plan worked out so wonderfully.
ReplyDeleteXx thanknu
DeleteI feel your joy! I would've waved back too!
ReplyDeleteIt was silly but great fun
DeleteMagical
ReplyDeleteIt was
DeleteBless you for sharing your joy.
ReplyDeleteChildlike I know, but I don’t care
DeleteVenice is magical. I have seen it in all its seasons and each one is special in its own way. I am so glad you lived it, loved it and will return. There is so much to see and enjoy. Hugs from Ro (n.w. Italy)
ReplyDeleteRome next and Florence too
DeleteI love your palpable joy.
ReplyDeleteMary
Was it that obvious ?
DeleteHumm I guess it was x
I'm one of those people that would respond to a wave with a returned wave. I'm the same with beaming smiles. I've made a decision, since reading your post, to wave more.
ReplyDeleteI looked like a loon, but I didn’t care lol
DeleteSweetness and Venetian light.
ReplyDeleteLike a film set, like I said on the first night
DeleteA special place and time, a flashback moment.
ReplyDeleteRed letter moments are rare and always need to be remembered
DeleteA magic word picture you've painted in letters of the alphabet. A sublime photo from your heart! How marvelous.
ReplyDeleteHugs!
Thanks babs , I feel recharged
DeleteYes, it is an amazing place!
ReplyDeleteThere’s a general consensus that it’s a favourite place of many
DeleteWonderful
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DeleteThank you for sharing your wonderful trip! This armchair travelor appreciates it very much.
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome ….it’s been fun sharing the experience
DeleteIt sounds exquisite.
ReplyDeleteMy moons were in in-line…..ideal weather
DeleteSo glad Venice filled your heart & soul with such joy!
ReplyDelete🚤🛶⛵️🛥🇮🇪
DeleteThat just sounds so perfect. :-)
ReplyDeleteI’ve returned to Welsh life now. It’s all back to normal now 🥲
DeleteEverything looks lovely when the sun shines. When we saw the Grand Canal it was a dull cloudy day and the water was a dirty brown. The water is in fact filthy.
ReplyDeleteThe blue you see is from the sun, the same as the sea looks blue on a sunny day.
Yes I fully understand that science lesson ,
DeleteBut the water did look clean yesterday when I last saw it, and also had no smell whatsoever
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DeleteA truly magical place. Knew you would love it!
ReplyDeleteFunny how certain places capture your heart. It’s seldom happened to me before
DeleteYou are very welcome x
ReplyDeleteAm very quietly pleased that Venice hit all of your senses and enveloped you under its magical spell thereby soothing your body and soul. I love it too, almost too much for words, it has to be allowed to seep over and into you. You will return!! Jan in Castle Gresley xx
ReplyDeleteI will indeed
DeleteThey may all have been followers of "Going Gently" which is "Andando Dolcemente" in Italian.
ReplyDeleteThank u YP xxx
DeleteDear Mr. John-- been following your blog for many years now, it makes me feel less lonely. I'm originally from Italy and one day, I will invite you over to my county. The italian riviera. Just wanted to wish you the very best, always
ReplyDeleteSo kind Marie xxx
DeleteI truly have enjoyed your posts about Venice.. .. though I may never get to visit there .....I have felt the beauty of it with your words!
ReplyDeleteLinda from Alabama
Thank u x
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