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| Rialto bridge |
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| Gondolas, real gondolas! |
I caught the excitement of Katherine Hepburn in the movie
Summertime with our first glimpse of Venice from the train as it crossed the long causeway onto the island! Just like her character, the crowded vaporetto carried us under the Rialto bridge along the wide S-curve of the Grand Canal. Incredible, amazing, astounding...these are appropriate adjectives for this city! Once again, photos and movies did not prepare us for the granduer of the Piazza St Mark where we disembarked. With scenes from the movie fresh in my memory, we found the location where Hepburn first spotted her summer love interest. Our senses were flooded, not just in the square, but on every turn on every alley. I think we found the exact shop where Hepburn met her lover,
and we found the red goblet she purchased! On the Rialto bridge, a merchant (of Venice) eagerly instructed me in the art of discernment so that I could recognize authentic Murano glass.
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| Palace of the Doge |
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