Friday 29 May 2015

Fasten your Seatbelt
We are going to have Coffee in Venice


I know, I know,
this is supposed to be
a blog about Vienna


Still, here we are, fresh off the boat
at the Rialto fish market


looking for coffee
along a nearby Calle


As promised, we are now sipping real Italian espresso,
al banco - at the counter, as you are supposed to do
when you are in Venice


August 2013
Venice, Italy
Images and Text © by Merisi

24 comments:

  1. Beautiful pictures Merisi, you really captured the flavour of Venice...

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  2. Such great images. Love the flair and charm of Venice that you captured.

    Mersad
    Mersad Donko Photography

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  3. James, Williamsburg, Virginia29 May, 2015

    Love the picture of the gondola...great angle. However, the plastic fork in the plastic cup doesn't compare to the coffee on the silver tray with the down turned spoon on a glass of water and a day in Vienna.

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    1. Being a small place, and inundated with tourists most of the year, leaves traces and scars.
      The thoughtlessly left behind plastic trash is but a reminder of how easily we mar beautiful places, unfortunately.

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  4. Sigh, I can never get enough of Venice. Do you know of any good Venice blogs?

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    1. I used to love a Venice blog by a Frenchman, alas, it has disappeared.
      I have come across a few by people not actually living there, and it shows.

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  5. I agree with LOREE.........are there any Venice blogs out there?

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    1. You are tempting me to start publishing my own Venice pictures. I have tons of them, from many a visit since I moved to Vienna. ;-)

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  6. It's ok to leave Vienna for Venice! I'd love to go back someday. The third photo is just spectacular, Merisi.

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    1. Thank you! :-)
      I often walk by that restaurant, and that was the first time I noticed flowers in that window.

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  7. OMG I LOVE THIS. i have been there but wow you make me remember it more beautiful then before.

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  8. What a pity I missed you when we were there.......

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    1. We both are there quite frequently, who knows, one fine day, again?

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  9. i was in the 2007 .. or maybe it was 2003 ... in any case the espresso was far better than the food

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    1. I find it harder and harder to find really great food in Venice, and I know it well.
      Such a pity!

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  10. wonderful post. I shared on our Dream of Venice FB page. Grazie Merisi ~

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    1. Thank you, JoAnn, I very much appreciate that!
      Saluti,
      Merisi

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  11. Magical images of Venice Merisi.. oh how we loved Venice!

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  12. Coffee and coffee places looks so pretty and delicate through your photographs.
    Brought back some nice memories for me too:)
    Thanks for sharing.

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  13. Wonderful pictures. Looks like you had a wonderful time.

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