Maggie's Farm

I've enjoyed reading your travelogue posts over the years, especially from your most recent trip.
My wife and I toured Italy last April while visiting our son who lives in Vicenza. Venice was especially enjoyable and your pics have refreshed the remembrance of that sense of Old World awe that I felt during our stay. We stayed at the Palazzo Odoni, one of many hidden hotels off of one of the Grand Canal tributaries. We traveled by water taxi at the end of long days when my tired legs could not find the energy to walk back to the inn. We dined on the Grand Canal, watched the gondolas (I also refused to partake as I felt it was a little too touristy), shopped in the alleys, and spend a couple of days walking around the many open air markets. I especially enjoyed scenes as you have described in this post of the many work boats that support the markets and businesses, that includes the garbage removal and construction vessels that serve the needs of the city.
Fascinating place. Thanks, BD.