May 2009

  • A day trip to Murano from Venice

    A day trip to the island of Murano, famous for a thousand years for its production of glass.  The island is about 20 mins from Venice itself. We took vaporetto #82 from the Giudecca, riding all the way round the bottom of the Bienale gardens and Arsenale, up the Fondamento Nuovo…

  • Pietrasanta, Pisa: in search of Stagi

    Pietrasanta, Pisa: in search of Stagi

    Tomorrow we will get the train to Pisa and on to Pietrasanta, the birthplace of Stagio Stagi. Having based ourselves in Lucca (a fortunate choice), we spent today searching out works by Matteo Civitali, both in the town (his birth- and workplace) and out in the surrounding countryside. But tomorrow…

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