http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/03/30/special-thanks/ Dialogue with the readers of the newsletter Buongiorno Venezia Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:02:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/03/30/special-thanks/#comment-8 Bob Fusillo Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:48:23 +0000 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/03/30/special-thanks/#comment-8 Although, after many years, I know the shortest and least crowded routes thru the city, I always take a busy calle when I am carrying something heavy. Without exception, when I get to a bridge young people will step forward almost immediately and help this eighty year old. Tourists, locals -- all kinds of people -- (except gondoliere, of course). Although, after many years, I know the shortest and least crowded routes thru the city, I always take a busy calle when I am carrying something heavy. Without exception, when I get to a bridge young people will step forward almost immediately and help this eighty year old. Tourists, locals — all kinds of people — (except gondoliere, of course).

]]> http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/03/30/special-thanks/#comment-24 buongiornovenezia Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:14:45 +0000 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/03/30/special-thanks/#comment-24 hi Bob. also the gondoliere will help you from now on :) i'm in the age when i'm supposed to help others. my favourite is helping with baby pushchairs up and down the stairs, i offer to do that basically because i always fear the "Battleship Potemkin" effect (do you remember Sergei Eisenstein's old movie? :) the most famous scene in the film is the massacre of civilians on the Odessa Steps (the Potemkin Stairs), with a baby in its carriage falling down the steps. Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, and Brian De Palma's The Untouchables have a similar thrilling sequence. and sometimes it really pops up to my memory when i see carriages on bridges. then when it's my turn to carry something heavy, it's always so hot that people melt on their way. so i sit and get an ice cream, dreaming of building an autostrada (highway) all over venice, with a huge parking area in st.mark's square (should i see a therapist? :D ) hi Bob. also the gondoliere will help you from now on
i’m in the age when i’m supposed to help others. my favourite is helping with baby pushchairs up and down the stairs, i offer to do that basically because i always fear the “Battleship Potemkin” effect (do you remember Sergei Eisenstein’s old movie? the most famous scene in the film is the massacre of civilians on the Odessa Steps (the Potemkin Stairs), with a baby in its carriage falling down the steps. Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather, and Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables have a similar thrilling sequence. and sometimes it really pops up to my memory when i see carriages on bridges.
then when it’s my turn to carry something heavy, it’s always so hot that people melt on their way. so i sit and get an ice cream, dreaming of building an autostrada (highway) all over venice, with a huge parking area in st.mark’s square (should i see a therapist? )

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