Can two months have already passed since my trip to Venice?
It seems like an eternity, yet it seems like yesterday.
But recent images of the city — St. Mark’s Square flooded, stores underwater, tourists forced to carry their luggage, even their children upon their head — are so foreign to me.
This was not the Venice that I know.
My Venice was surrounded by water, not menaced by it. The canals did not encroach on businesses, homes or priceless works of art and history. They were romantic — liquid atmosphere.
Today’s Venice looks swallowed up. It creeps me out instead of inviting me in. I hear the clock ticking, the boat that houses their city sinking.
I couldn’t just sit there and pass the day.
Man the lifeboats!
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Can two months have already passed since my trip to Venice?
It seems like an eternity, yet it seems like yesterday.
This was not the Venice that I know.
My Venice was surrounded by water, not menaced by it. The canals did not encroach on businesses, homes or priceless works of art and history. They were romantic — liquid atmosphere.
I couldn’t just sit there and pass the day.
Man the lifeboats!
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Tagged add water, art, boat, canals, commentary, flood waters, flooded Venice, history, Humor, Italy, life, man the lifeboats, photography, sinking, St. Mark's Square, Travel, vacation, Venice