Venice Diary: Favorite Moments

December 7, 2009 by Lavanya

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Venice Diary: Of masks, markets and melt in your mouth food

December 6, 2009 by Lavanya

It is inevitable that one speaks of masks when one talks of Venice. Even though masks seem to be hardly a part of  the current ‘Venice experience’. Yet, they hang at every corner shop or stall, a hangover from a past where they had an undeniable role. The masks in the corner are from a shop near the San Marco square called Max Art Shop. Here, masks are handcrafted by local artisans from either ceramic or papier mache.  So ofcourse I had to […]

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Venice Diary: In which I walked and was whimsical

December 5, 2009 by Lavanya

What can I say about Venice that hasn’t been said before? It is beautiful and romantic and makes you think wonderful things. It weaves gossamer threads around you that bind you to it, forever. It moves through you, making you aware of your most intimate thoughts. It breathes with the slow lapping of its bobbing boats. Its watery breath holds its night and day together, creating an easy interlocking of its sights, sounds and the feelings they evoke. It lives […]

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