After three experience intensive days in the Marina di Venezia and in the surrounding area, we return home. A nice young man drives us to the airport. It turns out that he is the cousin of Ulrike; she was with us the day before in Mauro’s wine bar. He has a summer job at the […]
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Venice by Night
During a break on our ramble through Venice, we met a nice man in a cafe. After he learned that we are travel video bloggers, he offered us a boat tour through Venice by night. Of course, we agreed joyfully. We arranged a meeting point on Calle Seconda de la Fava at 22.30. At the […]
An evening with Mauro Lorenzon in Enoiteca Mascareta
Mauro Lorenzon is known as the best wine connoisseur of Italy. He enjoys the reputation of a “wine pope” and is well-known from the media, particularly the television. Mauro owns its own winery and a wine bar in Venice, the Enoiteca Mascareta. At the gourmet restaurant PiacerMio in the Marina di Venezia, we first learned […]
Libreria Acqua Alta – an exceptional bookshop
The Libreria Acqua Alta, which means high water bookshop, is in the center of Venice, in Calle Longa S. Maria Formosa 5176/b. We enter the bookshop and stand amidst a myriad of books in shelves that reach to the ceiling. In the middle of the room is a Venetian gondola, which is also full of […]
Venice off the beaten path
From the Rialto Bridge, we reach the Campo Santi Apostoli, the square in front of the church of the same name. Curved Colonnades on the building directly on the canal Rio the S.S. Apostoli serve as a landing stage for gondoliers. A small bridge over the canal makes this place a popular photo scene. 4K […]