Buongiorno Venezia

Dear VeniceWorders….

weeks ago we had announced our Summer contest, closing on August 1. I received several entries and in my last newsletter dated August 20 i wrote:

VENICEWORD SUMMER CONTEST - Many loyal subscribers have told us over the years that they save their Buongiorno Venezia newsletters for future reference. We were curious: who among you has saved the most? Carl  Gable has saved 65 past issues of Buongiorno Venezia. Thank you for your  affection and congratulations. We wait for you in Venice!

Now i just read a note from G. E. telling me:

 I did a quick count and came up with 223. I’m sure that I have
inadvertently deleted some, but I’ve always wanted to save them “in case”  I needed to refer to one.  I’ve been to Venice once, in 2001 with my future  husband.  My first save issue is from VeniceWord desk, Nov. 13,2000.

if this is true (we need to chek the copies), i am going to build kind of a monument to this lady. she saved nearly all our issues! we confirm our prize to Gary, and this would oblige us to give a second prize, but it’s fantastic  :-)

some recent troubles with posting comments. please refer to this post, thank you

i’m passing on a message:

I have a deal to offer: There is a friend that is selling 2 tickets for the Ennio Morricone concert on September 10. The tickets are for Row 15, Seats 3 and 4 and they cost 187 Euro each, but they are selling them for only 100 Euro a piece.  My friend can airmail the tickets to Venice and the payment could be arrange directly with her.  

Let me know if you are interested.
i’m not willing to insert my email address here, but please click here and leave a message if you are interested.

no mystery, i’m among those venetians (50 percent) who disapprove the fourth bridge on the grand canal (calatrava’s bridge), mainly because it will prove terribly expensive for the city and it was not among its priorities. that, and the mose system, are good candidates to become the most useless enterprises of the 21st century.  

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