January 2012
8 posts
vaporetto strike
so the vaporetti (water buses) that are a main source of transportation around Venice were out of commission today because of strike action. i had read that they would operate the main services between 7am-9am and 5pm-7pm, so i thought i’d be ok to get to and from the museum (which is directly across the canal from the vaporetto stop near my flat). so i got up earlier to get to the stop by...
day 1 at museo fortuny
so this is what researching looks like…
because i’m not allowed to take pictures of the cool stuff. but they did say they could provide pictures for me of some things i’ll write about in my 4th chapter, and the head of archives told me that no one had written on these pieces before (an art historian’s dream) or exhibited them. i also met a co-curator at the museum who...
my day in pictures
i don’t have the time to narrate, but i will make an exception for the picture of the large beautiful piazza (halfway down). as i walked through this gorgeous tranquil spot a man seated on a park bench blared cher’s ‘if i could turn back time’ on his boom box.
another great day in venice.
LOTS of pictures from Venice
i (wendy) am here in venice for phd research. (yes, choosing a subject area where the resources are in venice was a conscious choice.)
i love being here in winter! compared to how crowded it was in summer, the city feels deserted (in a non-creepy way). the locals are out like normal and are much more charming when not being annoyed by barrages of tourists.
the first day i was here was the...
hello america (holiday edition) and hello britain
the last week spent in america was great. we got to see more friends and family and had a few more burritos.
here’s a photo of the new year’s eve family jam session referenced in the last post:
we made it safely back to manchester, despite the snow in DC.
wendy got to hear a favourite professor from UNC come speak in manchester and afterwards caught up with katherine and...
2.5 weeks in pictures
before we left manchester we had a couple of friends over for sugar cookie decorating- a smith family tradition. zeke went for the 12 days of christmas as his theme:
we went to london and stopped by the portobello rd market (with all of the other tourists and hugh grant fanatics) mainly so zeke could get this sandwich:
we went to see matthew bourne’s nutcracker that night. it was a...