Having decided that we had imposed on Didi and Gorgiou the “Count and Contessa” long enough, we ventured forth into the street after donning our Must Have accessories, knee length plastic overshoes. While these come in a rainbow of colours we decided to choose blue ones. They are awkward things, difficult to get on and […]

When we first went to bed last night the water was lapping peacefully just outside our front door. By 10.30pm that had changed, a storm surge came into the laguna from the Adriatic and the expected flood level of 140cm kept going up,150, 160, and at 170 our front door burst open and the force […]

Ilze and I woke up three times this morning. We know jet lag is best beaten by keeping out and about so after tea last night we went for a short walk and only meant to go to Rialto but then there was “this”,  and then there was “that” and then “we have come this […]

Just a quick blog from Peter and Ilze who have arrived in Venice for “one last time” It was supposed to be party time, the Biennale, the Venice Street Orienteering Race a real knees up and “Roll out the barrel”. We arrived at the Palazzo Lezze in Cannaregio  at 12.30pm today after a largely uneventful […]