October 9th-11th, 1970 / Venice trip: View of St. Mark's from our pensioni. I found myself in a suite composed of three small rooms with several beds and several guys. It was shabby and dark, with mattresses that sank so deep from bodyweight, I later characterized that first night as “sleeping in a hot dog bun.”
October 9th-11th, 1970 / Venice trip: View of St. Mark's from our pensioni. The Venetian streets were deliciously narrow. One can see why motor vehicles were prohibited on the island.
October 9th-11th, 1970 / Venice trip: After a ten-minute ride on the lagoon ferry, we arrived on nearby Murano, an island which seemed to be a miniature version of Venice. The main attraction was a glass-blowing factory. Gaudy goblets anyone?
