2014 -2016

…the shouts of the Venetian gondolieri to attract new clients are always ringing in my ears when I think of Venice. But there are so many more impressions and images floating before my mind immediately: 

the smell of the salt water lagoon, the wind in my hair on the vaporetto, the pale winter sun warming me gently on mild January days, the soft rocking and gurgling of the gondole in the water, the broad smile of Fabio in my favorite trattoria, the mouthwatering sight of piles of tramezzini, the wonderful coffee breaks in “Francescas’s” pasticceria, all the colorful reflections in the canals creating new abstract art work time and again, the delight of discovering new charming sights right around the corner and of course the dearly beloved fog that sometimes puts a veil on all urban noise and clutter leaving out only the essentials…