Just returned from 5 days in and around Venice... We've been a few times now and it still inspires me. I lost count of the 'wow's... And ended up just trying to capture it on camera or in my little watercolour pad.
The sun shone nearly all the time apart from a crazy half hour in Venice when a storm broke over our heads. But we got a rainbow as a reward.
One of the loveliest places we saw was a 16th century villa built by Palladio... And entirely covered inside by frescoes. So worth the effort of finding it. And a lovely old town called Asolo is just great as an antidote to the busyness of Venice.
Having said that, we avoided all the tourist traps in Venice and managed to spend most of the time on our own, getting lost... The best approach! We did bump into Lord Norman Foster though, who had just arrived for the opening of the Venice Architecture Biennale.
And so, back to work today, refreshed and with ideas bubbling away.
Big sigh.
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