Of course, not everyone was occupied with the flood. Most tourists carried on enjoying themselves regardless...
Saturday 26 December 2009
CHRISTMAS CHORES
How did you spend Christmas Day? For these Venetian shopkeepers it was a day for sweeping-out and mopping-up after an exceptionally high tide (60" or 145 cm above sea level) on Christmas Eve...
Staff at Etro were not in evidence, but the reflections of their mannequins is not in the polished marble of the floor, but in the several inches of water swimming around in the showroom...
Of course, not everyone was occupied with the flood. Most tourists carried on enjoying themselves regardless...
Of course, not everyone was occupied with the flood. Most tourists carried on enjoying themselves regardless...
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Love the scarf pin, Buttons. And I hope that you and David are going to eat all that cream and keep Brian away from temptation.
Good grief -- hadn't thought about high tide in Venice...
Whatever it is Buttons is drinking looks fabulous! Ask him to have another one for me, please/thanks!
My Christmas day was drier and much more relaxed than that, thank you! Hope your hotel was dry too!Have fun and a wonderful new year!chesseal: a hot drink concocted with all the fluid leftovers from Christmas lunch
SHARON M - If you knew how much that small glass of hot chocolate cost, you'd know that there was zero chance of the rabbit getting his nose anywhere near it!!
SCB - For the Venetians it is all part of daily life: one of the downsides of living in this extraordinary city. Another glass of chocolate? Not without a serious bank loan...
SUZANNE - We are in an apartment and, fortunately, on the second floor!
What a beautifully presented drink, beats a paper/plastic cup any day.
BUCKIEST: substitute an 'L' and that's what Buttons is
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