Venice

Don't have much time but I wanted to report back. We're in Venice and I'm absolutely in love. There are no cars, no traffic noise, just people. We went to a Vivaldi concert in a beautiful church and I'll write again with more details. It was comprised of four violins, a viola, a cello, and a bass. All the instruments were antiques dating back to the early 17th century. They played various Vivaldi pieces (he was a Venetian) and the acoustics in the church were fantastic. I have never experienced anything quite like that and the only word I can think of is spiritual but that's not quite right.

We also went to the Venice State Archives and I have never seen and archives this large. It is housed in an old convent and they still use the original library. All the state archives also serve as archival schools where they teach theory and paleontology. I didn't want to leave. The archivist, Claudia Salmini was very kind and gave us a wonderful. More later - ciao!