Heading Home

Venice, Italy, June 1984. The motonave takes me back to the Lido.

Crossing

Venice, Italy, May 1984. Behind the freighter is a commuter motonave.

Sunset

Venice, Italy, January 1984. This is the view that I saw most evenings, when I rode the motonave from Venice to my home on the Lido.

Dawn

When I lived in Venice, I rented a room from a padrona who lived on the Lido, the narrow barrier island that separates Venice from the Adriatic Sea. The spot at which I worked, the Archivio di Stato di Venezia, stands in the city proper, at the Campo dei Frari. As a result, I had a considerable commute every morning. I rode a motonave from the Lido to San Marco, and then I made a thirty-minute walk from the boat, through the San Marco district, over the Rialto Bridge to Campo San Polo, and then on to the Archivio.

Because seating was at a premium at the Archivio, I tried to arrive there each day when the "sala di studio" first opened, namely at about 7:30. This meant that most mornings, I stepped off the motonave at San Marco just as the sun was rising.

Piazzetta San Marco, Venice, Italy, January 1984. To the left stands the Doge's Palace. Could there be a better way to start the day?

When you get home from work ...

... take the dog for a walk.

Rio Tera, S. Silvestro, Venice, Italy, March 1984. I capture this moment as I make my way, from the Archivio dello Stato, through Campo San Polo, to a motonave at San Marco.

Renovation Reunion

Even a little duomo needs a face lift, now and then.

Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy, February 1984. This is the view I saw every night as a I waited for the motonave to take me from Venice proper to my rental room on the Lido island.