{"id":1718,"date":"2023-11-05T20:58:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T20:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2023-11-05T20:59:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T20:59:16","slug":"venice-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/?p=1718","title":{"rendered":"Venice for the First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1718\" class=\"elementor elementor-1718\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0adbcf9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0adbcf9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5be717 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a5be717\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 01-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4328-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1715\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4328-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4328-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4328-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4328-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4328-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-984eaaa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"984eaaa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3c3406 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3c3406\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 01-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>After another wonderful, \u00a0comfortable, and convivial train trip north, we arrived in Venice.<\/p><p>I am seeing Venice for the first time. Of course I had pictures in my head of canals, gondolas, buildings rising from the water. But I was unprepared for the sounds, smells, and brightness of the city.<\/p><p>There are many, many people here during the day at least. On our evening walk home, it seems that many of these people have gone home for the day or weekend. This is going to help me to get a better sense of the city.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ac940b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ac940b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57b5618 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57b5618\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4304-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1706\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4304-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4304-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4304-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4304-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4304-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34b407d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"34b407d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf9986d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf9986d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We spent our afternoon getting oriented just a little bit. Our hotel is near the Jewish ghetto\u2014 the place where all other ghettos followed. Our guide gave us an an orientation of the vaporetto\u2014 during rush hour. And we walk around a night. Just the barest taste of the city, really. It\u2019s beguiling.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17431d1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"17431d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dfaed2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9dfaed2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4299-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1705\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4299-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4299-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4299-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4299-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4299-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c67fb7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8c67fb7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9de64e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9de64e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We had an early evening lecture about the history of Venice, the whole 1400 years of it as a republic. I hadn\u2019t know much history and the most striking points were:<\/p><p>* Venice was always a republic. It never had a monarchy<\/p><p>* Venice elected doges by using an absolutely incorruptible method that alternatived between random selection and lengthy discussion. Doges moved into the palace and could not leave the city. Lifetime appointments usually elected late in life and serving about 5-7 years.<\/p><p>* Venice aligned more with Eastern Christianity than Western<\/p><p>* Attention on the Atlantic and new world, as well as Napolean, ended things for the republic of Venice<\/p><p>* Casinos, tourism, and Casanova helped Venice to survive<\/p><p>* Only 55,000 people live here. Tourism still helps Venice to survive!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3994eeb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3994eeb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f87d076 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f87d076\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4312-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1709\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4312-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4312-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4312-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4312-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4312-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef16717 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ef16717\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd5c118 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bd5c118\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4324-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1713\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4324-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4324-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4324-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4324-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_4324-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After another wonderful, \u00a0comfortable, and convivial train trip north, we arrived in Venice. I am seeing Venice for the first time. Of course I had pictures in my head of canals, gondolas, buildings rising from the water. But I was unprepared for the sounds, smells, and brightness of the city. 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