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April 24


at peggy Guggenheim Museum and palace on Grand Canal - I saw this wonderful painting of tarot card The Magician called The Surrealist. I never heard of this artiste Victor Brauner. I wish I had known this Peggy Guggenheim – she really knew her art. Anyway today at Ca Pesaro Museum of Modern Art – fabulous paintings and sculpture saw this wonderful painting cant fully recall title – Water and ? with the face of love also by Brauner. It was just delightful – three faces and I think love face of red is in center – blue face on left and cant remember other and it was an Element. I will read about him...
I wandered for hours to find this museum – thought I found it from map and it wasn’t the museum – Palazzo Pesaro not Ca Pesaro – the map was folded and maybe didn’t read Pesaro right. Lots of details not my forte and without that I would be lost somewhere days ago sighing.
Went to gym today and that was fabulous. First I had to find it and I did – then I had all the things I needed and got into this small space with lot of old machines that really do what the new ones do – some I couldn’t figure out – the manager came few times to help me – I must have stood out like a character in this small gym of Italian men – a few women not doing the weights. It was sooo good to do the weights. I will return.
Tonight I go to Teatro Goldoni – he was the only known Venetian playwright however its not his play (he died in 1700s). When I saw the ad it said A Miller and name included Morti and Viaggi – aha Death of Salesman.
I will leave apartment and go there and I know where it is!
Tomorrow is major holiday of St Marks the patron saint of Venice.
Men give women red roses –
I made a successful call today with calling card and got space to go to Clock Tower at Piazzo San Marco Its Renaissance building designed partly in 15th ca with clock, lion of St Mark and these Moor Bells. You can only see it with an appointment so I had to make the call.
I think I am adapting to this world just fine. That’s why I needed month. See I am not doing this like a typical American. The biggest drawback for me is no Italian – I would return here only when I know language. Besides language you must know to read a map (planta) and my map reading is improving.
After leaving Ca Pasaro I got to vaporetto since I was on other side of Canal – took the #1 and then “transferred” to #1 in other direction to my place Ca dOro. The vaporetto is their bus on water of course.
A land without ground transportation – they deliver packages to shops and homes with a wagon some young man pulls using back wheels – same with picking up garbage. And some barge not large at all removes things and brings things. They don’t use auto here so some have motor boat. I saw a beautiful boat looked just like gondola with two rowers standing and very long rows.
The gondolas are something else – each unique. Saw one with mat – Welcome Aboard. The Gondoliers are continually in sales mode. I like watching them and I don’t care to spend my money there – 80 – 100+ euro --- over $100.
I would like to buy binoculars – good way to see art in churches.
I am going now to theatre and stop somewhere for espresso – of course