Comments for Buongiorno Venezia http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com Dialogue with the readers of the newsletter Buongiorno Venezia Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:57:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 Comment on isn’t it lovely by buongiornovenezia http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/09/22/isnit-it-lovely/#comment-7326 buongiornovenezia Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:58:28 +0000 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/09/22/isnit-it-lovely/#comment-7326 I don't think so :) I don’t think so :)

]]> Comment on gondoliera by MARINE http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/04/01/gondoliera/#comment-5745 MARINE Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:09:45 +0000 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/04/01/gondoliera/#comment-5745 Hi Cyn, My message was to respond to another person, a certain Nelly I do not see the reply anymore. I don't know why my message came up here. No offence to anyone please. I have been reading lots of messages against Alex from people NOT having a clue of what the story is about. I feel sorry for you all. Just look a You tube and type "gondoliere" and see what the nice italian traditional "real" gondoliers say to tourists: makes me throw up. That's the image of Venice? my applause to the "real" ma gondoliers! I am a foreigner living for more than 10 years in Venice. I can tell you foreigners that have decides to live in Venice, love Venice more then the venetian. If you ever decide to live here, Venice chooses who passes the test. Everything is very difficult here. You work 10 times more then any local persons to be accepted in any way. Every day is an exam. Alex has past the last 12 years trying to be part of the group. at the beginning, she was accepted by the gondoliers then something changed. a word from the "bosses" made the behaviours change. From the outside, it all seams a certain way: a horrible foreign woman that wants to do a venetian traditional "man" job. From the inside, that's not how it happened! There has been a LOT of work and passion here, no one can judge that unless he/she has seen and felt it in it's own skin. Hi Cyn,
My message was to respond to another person, a certain Nelly I do not see the reply anymore. I don’t know why my message came up here. No offence to anyone please. I have been reading lots of messages against Alex from people NOT having a clue of what the story is about. I feel sorry for you all. Just look a You tube and type “gondoliere” and see what the nice italian traditional “real” gondoliers say to tourists: makes me throw up. That’s the image of Venice? my applause to the “real” ma gondoliers! I am a foreigner living for more than 10 years in Venice. I can tell you foreigners that have decides to live in Venice, love Venice more then the venetian. If you ever decide to live here, Venice chooses who passes the test. Everything is very difficult here. You work 10 times more then any local persons to be accepted in any way. Every day is an exam. Alex has past the last 12 years trying to be part of the group. at the beginning, she was accepted by the gondoliers then something changed. a word from the “bosses” made the behaviours change. From the outside, it all seams a certain way: a horrible foreign woman that wants to do a venetian traditional “man” job. From the inside, that’s not how it happened! There has been a LOT of work and passion here, no one can judge that unless he/she has seen and felt it in it’s own skin.

]]> Comment on isn’t it lovely by veniceanorak http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/09/22/isnit-it-lovely/#comment-5696 veniceanorak Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:56:52 +0000 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/09/22/isnit-it-lovely/#comment-5696 Has the webcam for the bridge been taken down in case it shows someone slipping? Has the webcam for the bridge been taken down in case it shows someone slipping?

]]> Comment on isn’t it lovely by buongiornovenezia http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/09/22/isnit-it-lovely/#comment-5553 buongiornovenezia Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:47:20 +0000 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/09/22/isnit-it-lovely/#comment-5553 don't know exactly. what about a monitoring system 24/24 for 5 years, for instance? don’t know exactly. what about a monitoring system 24/24 for 5 years, for instance?

]]> Comment on it’s because we needed to see the sky… by Cyn Burton http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/03/31/its-because-we-needed-to-see-the-sky/#comment-3565 Cyn Burton Wed, 14 May 2008 18:38:35 +0000 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/03/31/its-because-we-needed-to-see-the-sky/#comment-3565 According to the most recent Buongiornovenezia, the corn sellers are now "giving the corn away" for a contribution--skirting the police and the law. I told my husband, the day they removed the sellers, that they should sell the bags of corn on Ebay as souvenirs from Venice. They would sell just for sentimentality's sake. So corn sellers, are you listening?...broke photographer (whose camera was destroyed at Carnevale this last February leaving her without a single photo) will gladly sell your corn for you on Ebay...for a small cut of the profit. Big smiles and best wishes to my friends in Venezia, --Cyn According to the most recent Buongiornovenezia, the corn sellers are now “giving the corn away” for a contribution–skirting the police and the law.

I told my husband, the day they removed the sellers, that they should sell the bags of corn on Ebay as souvenirs from Venice. They would sell just for sentimentality’s sake.

So corn sellers, are you listening?…broke photographer (whose camera was destroyed at Carnevale this last February leaving her without a single photo) will gladly sell your corn for you on Ebay…for a small cut of the profit.

Big smiles and best wishes to my friends in Venezia, –Cyn

]]> Comment on it’s because we needed to see the sky… by venicelover http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/03/31/its-because-we-needed-to-see-the-sky/#comment-3486 venicelover Wed, 07 May 2008 19:36:18 +0000 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/03/31/its-because-we-needed-to-see-the-sky/#comment-3486 Why cannot the police round up those counterfeit bag-sellers and send them packing? I was in Venice last week, anfd thought that the bags now do not appear to have the "designer" names on them, but something that looks like or sounds like the famous name. I think I saw "Grada" instead of "Prada", for instance. But, at least with the bags, the customers do get something for their money, and most people, I think, know they are buying a fake, though that doesn't make it less of a crime. No, I think that the worst con-trick is the worked by the people who sell the "dancing" Mickey Mouse and other Disney character figures (no doubt with no copyright payments to Disney). I know that the people buying them must be stupid to believe in magic, and I believe that they are sold for only about 5 euros, which isn't really a lot, but they too should be rounded up and shipped out of Venice. Why cannot the police round up those counterfeit bag-sellers and send them packing? I was in Venice last week, anfd thought that the bags now do not appear to have the “designer” names on them, but something that looks like or sounds like the famous name. I think I saw “Grada” instead of “Prada”, for instance. But, at least with the bags, the customers do get something for their money, and most people, I think, know they are buying a fake, though that doesn’t make it less of a crime. No, I think that the worst con-trick is the worked by the people who sell the “dancing” Mickey Mouse and other Disney character figures (no doubt with no copyright payments to Disney). I know that the people buying them must be stupid to believe in magic, and I believe that they are sold for only about 5 euros, which isn’t really a lot, but they too should be rounded up and shipped out of Venice.

]]> Comment on it’s because we needed to see the sky… by veniceanorak http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/03/31/its-because-we-needed-to-see-the-sky/#comment-3456 veniceanorak Mon, 05 May 2008 10:55:35 +0000 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/03/31/its-because-we-needed-to-see-the-sky/#comment-3456 Have the pigeon food vendors gone yet? Are there thousands of pigeons wandering round looking dazed and confused? Have the pigeon food vendors gone yet? Are there thousands of pigeons wandering round looking dazed and confused?

]]> Comment on it’s because we needed to see the sky… by buongiornovenezia http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/03/31/its-because-we-needed-to-see-the-sky/#comment-3125 buongiornovenezia Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:01:50 +0000 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/03/31/its-because-we-needed-to-see-the-sky/#comment-3125 veniceanorak... i do not know... they may cover the glass steps with wood to make them not slippery, IF they find out... but ssssst! do not tell anyone, or they'll stop working again! :-D veniceanorak… i do not know… they may cover the glass steps with wood to make them not slippery, IF they find out… but ssssst! do not tell anyone, or they’ll stop working again! :-D

]]> Comment on it’s because we needed to see the sky… by Clodia http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/03/31/its-because-we-needed-to-see-the-sky/#comment-3038 Clodia Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:29:51 +0000 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/03/31/its-because-we-needed-to-see-the-sky/#comment-3038 Hope someone has the nerve to buy this piece of work. It's sale just started on ebay. Would you like to place your bid? Click here: http://www.venessia.com/Immagini/ebay.jpg Hope someone has the nerve to buy this piece of work. It’s sale just started on ebay. Would you like to place your bid? Click here: http://www.venessia.com/Immagini/ebay.jpg

]]> Comment on it’s because we needed to see the sky… by veniceanorak http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/03/31/its-because-we-needed-to-see-the-sky/#comment-3029 veniceanorak Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:46:46 +0000 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2008/03/31/its-because-we-needed-to-see-the-sky/#comment-3029 I'd forgotten this was being sold to us as the transparent bridge. As you say there is an awful lot of metal. Won't the glass be slippery to walk on? I’d forgotten this was being sold to us as the transparent bridge. As you say there is an awful lot of metal. Won’t the glass be slippery to walk on?

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