by Michele Genthon | Nov 21, 2019 | MUSINGS, Reflecting
It is difficult to drive and cry at the same time. And it was all Sylvia Poggioli’s fault. I admit that when I first saw the pictures of the flooding in Venice, I did not pay much attention. Every year at this time, water flows into the lower-lying areas of...
by Michele Genthon | Oct 13, 2013 | MUSINGS, Traveling
Venice is built on a lagoon, its homes whose weight is borne under the water by heavy beams arranged in circular patterns, appear to float on its surface. Its wealth and power extended for almost one thousand years because of its facility in using...
