Buongiorno Venezia

thank you for your patience…. have a look at this nicest video… it’s safe (it’s a wmv file, you need the Windows Media player. Then click the arrow/click button. enjoy!) 

 http://www.veniceword.com/wmv/hugofthecentury.wmv

i can’t believe it.. i just turn my head and there’s more then 1500 comments to moderate… most rubbish. thanks for the rest.

my dear, this blog has not closed. you may wonder where i’ve been recently. working. and getting angry. mostly getting angry. standing in line in public offices to get permissions for my own office. losing time. calling electricians, joiners, and blacksmiths who never showed up or showed up at their convenience. blacksmiths are on my blacklist, i called 4 of them and no one came. because it’s Christmas time, they say. well, i hope Santa is not bringing to them an inch of anything.

i often receive inquiries about “what to do in venice, how to make my living in venice”. are you an artist? what, a sculptor? please be more practical. start building up doors and windows, buy a boat and hire it to transport bricks and concrete, bread and vegetables, people, tables and chairs. you’ll soon be more powerful than a Lord. and it doesn’t need much brain.  

well, it’s Christmas after all.  i’m supposed to say something nice, be good and be in peace with the whole world. I am. I’m here, alive and happy, with my projects done, in spite of this idiot city. Buongiorno Venezia, wake up.

Merry Christmas

Rosalba