Been thinking and googling heaps this week, planning and booking my trip to the Veneto. Managed to get a prenotazione to stay in a convent in Ponte della Guerra, right behing San Marco, in an old palazzo now turned into a school/ convent by the Suore Figlie de San Guiseppe Caburlotto. (If you want to see where I'm staying Google images "Istituto San Guiseppe Venice"). It's good to know I have a neighbourhood to go to when I get there.
Now I have to book the rest of my trip, although the middle section, a walk around the Euganean Hills is already booked and paid for. I'm not sure whether to stay in Padua for two days or go to a little place called Asolo, to see the Villa Barberigo, one of Palladio's masterpieces. It's a bit hard to get to by public transport, so... maybe maybe not.
Needless to say, I'm very excited. I want to go now!
Saw awful movie the other night. One of those insomniac sessions came over me, so I watched "Interview with a vampire", Brad Pitt and little Tom Cruise looking so daft in long hair and long teeth. Kirsten Dunst was great, but I think the movie should have been far more overtly homoerotic. Apparently though, Brad and Tommy despise each other so I guess that was out. Antonio Banderas was really hard to understand, not sure if it was his accent or his difficulty in speaking through false, sharp teeth. Glad I never paid good money to see this tomato.
Also watched "Vicky Christina Barcelona" again which I love. The menage'd trois are all so gorgeous, and I have a crush on all of them. Would I fly to Oviedo with Javier Bardem, oh yes.
