There’s been a lot of fog here this December. It does make it inconvenient for people trying to use the vaporetti to get to work, school, and so on, because some lines are simply cancelled when the fog is too heavy.
For the rest of us, it is an opportunity to slow down, to see the city differently and to savour this difference.
La Strega (The Witch) emerges out of the fog near the Giardini vaporetto stop.
There was no calcio (soccer) being played today.
The bells of the campanile sounded muffled in the thick fog.
I’ll take the fog over persistent rain any day!
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I love fog! But rarely see it here (Wellington, NZ) because the wind usually blows it away. Though sometimes it manages to close the airport. Fortunately, I’ve never been flying those days, or I might like it a lot less.
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That’s the trouble with fog and airports!
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It’s funny, some places look beautiful even in fog.
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And, some places look even better in the fog!
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That’s very true. Of course, it also works for people. I for one am certainly much more presentable in thick fog.
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You are too modest, Bun!
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What a beautiful place…the fog makes it all spooky and lovely all at once!
Linda
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That’s a very good description of the feeling, Linda.
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Such beautiful photographs. That’s the pink swirling fog I remember when I visited in the 1980s. It was the same fog that inspired Canaletto and Turner to paint so beautifully.
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Wow, this is the Venice I love a lot. Mystic and romantic….
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You must be back at home now. It was so nice to see you folks again!
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We get thick fog like this here, but it’s not as romantic as Venetian fog. It does create very moody photos.
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We used to get some great fogs back in Dismal Swamp, come to think of it, et.
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It’s being up on the top of the range that does it!
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We have been several times in Venice, never at this time of the year. We should visit for a different experience of this beautiful city.
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Oh, please do, if you can. There’s no guarantee of fog, but it’s heaven to find the city free of hoardes of other (slow moving) visitors.
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Our experience in Venice: You just have to leave the tourist route to be on your own!
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That’s true, but sometimes you need to be on a major thoroughfare, for grocery shopping, for example.
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It is different once you live there of course. We also live in a touristic area.
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We too know Venice in the fog. Actually, that must be preferable to the fires over in Australia – or the flooding we have been having here in the north of England, (although fortunately we’re not actually in the floods ourselves). Never like umbrellas in Venice, prefer a BIG brimmed rainhat! Venice in the fog is like a large set of a mystery thriller, isn’t it?
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So, have you drawn up the plans for the Andante Ark? I like watching the umbrella ballet, where people raise and tip their umbrellas, the better to get past other brolly toting people.
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Well … we used to have a boat … but male half felt he was too achy to sail it any longer. No, it’s not quite that bad here, halfway up a LARGE set of hills, but we have had to bail a drain or two out!
Hope the fogs lifted a bit – make sure you don’t walk into any canals!
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Reminds me of Mahler and Death in Venice. Fog takes the edge of reality and so much more beauty gets revealed.
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And, it’s great at night, very dramatic and mysterious.
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I remember a few days of fog in London. 40 years ago. It is a strange but very lovely change of atmosphere.
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London and fog seem synonymous, at least to me.
I must go and see what’s on the news about the fires in Victoria. How are the other states faring?
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http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/beachside-paradise-turned-to-a-burntout-wasteland-20151227-glvi59.html
and Qld http://www.abc.net.au/emergency/flood/queensland2010/
and NT
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2015/12/27/flood-forces-evacuation-of-nt-town.html
that’s enough
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It’s definitely enough! (A new, useful word for you: basta! It means enough.)
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I used to use that word a lot when I taught in the inner suburbs of Melbourne and half the class spoke Italian.
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I can imagine the expression in your voice when you used it, John.
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I think of Venice as magical variations of grey and soft green, but I’ve never seen it like this – thanks.
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I love the fog too….and you don’t have to dodge everyone’s umbrella like you do in the rain.
It adds its own magical quality to this magical city.
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Oh, those narrow calli and umbrellas, it’s not easy!
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It reminds me of the movie – Arsenic and Old Lace. I wonder if the presence of the fog and your arrival in Venice are connected?
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Err-umm, I never wear Old Lace. But, it has been unusually foggy, it seems. Nah, it must be some other evil old lady who is responsible.
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The only thing I remember about it all was the sound of footsteps in the thick fog! and you said you hurried home!
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Visibility was so low La Strega, come down off her broomstick and was dragging it through the piazza….
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I prefer the fog over the rain as well. Beautiful images, Y, I feel as if I were there with you!
Happy Santo Stefano Day!
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Thanks, Ms Susie. Buon Santo Stefano day to you, too! There were lots of people in town today.
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Fog Horns?
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You know what? I didn’t hear any today, Jane.
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And it’s really c o l d now!
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I didn’t dawdle on my way home this afternoon!
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The fog adds mystery to an already “mysterious” city.
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Great images…, I love the fog!!
Yes it’s much easier walking in the fog instead of the rain!!
Xox
L
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It sure is. Gosh, it got quite chilly this afternoon!
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