Sunset shot with a fisheye on a 35mm prime lens. Fun time to be up there!
Category Archives: Venice
Venice At Night
From a canal bridge near Campo Santi Apostoli. Click to enlarge to really get the full effect!
So You Heard There’s No Good Food In Venice?
This plate of mushroom ragu pappardelle begs to differ. Where to find it? At one of our “secret spots.” Join us in Italy this winter or spring, and we promise you a plate of it.
Torcello’s Lonely Sentry
This magnificent fellow stands a lonely watch outside the sculpture museum on Torcello, the quiet little island where the first Venetians built a homestead to hide from the raiding Lombards and their ilk. To think of all that’s come and gone for the Venetian republic since an anonymous sculptor liberated him from a marble blank centuries ago…
Canalside Gelato, Red Hair…Gorgeous
Christmas in Venice with RoboCop
This is a great read from a great actor who had the experience so many a tourist has had at first with Venice, only to come to love it for what it is once he had the chance to circumnavigate the tourist traps and experience the real Venice deeply and fully.
Hat tip Dream of Venice.
Burano: It Never Gets Old!
The only problem with going to Burano is that you eventually have to leave. Sad every time! But perhaps not forever: someday Sassi Italy Tours World HQ is going to be here, I suspect!
Burano Magic
From this perspective you get a fantastic feel for our favorite little island in the lagoon. The climb at the Torcello campanile isn’t for the faint of heart, but well worth it.
Venezia: Castello At Night
One of our favorite things to do in Venice is walk around late at night when the cruise ship crowds are gone and the city is quiet; only the locals are milling around having a nightcap at the prosecco and spritz bars still open and mystery of the place is revealed.
It’s magic.
HDR, 25s exposure, 35mm prime @ f1.8, ISO 200.
Massimo, il Chirugo! (Massimo the Surgeon!)
Our friend Massimo at Burano’s off-the-beaten-path but storied Trattoria da Romano never fails to impress with his craftsmanship tableside; one of the great things about Italy is the pride and professionalism undertaken by people in all walks of life, particularly in regard to the art that is food preparation and presentation.
Massimo is a fine example. Hungry? We are!
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