Sifry's AlertsDavid Sifry's musingsSome more Venice, Italy Carnevale pictures- February 3, 2008 Taking a brief break from enjoying Venice to rest, relax, and upload some pictures. This morning we went to Murano island, home of the famous Murano glassblowing factories, and we got a tour. Here's a picture of one of the master glassblowers making a vase: Carnevale is in full swing, with costumes, children, and confetti everywhere: There's even Samurai out there! More soon, or you can see the entire Carnevale set on flickr...http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/2008/02/some_more_venic.html Carnivale 2008 in Venice, Italy- February 2, 2008 It's my first time in Venice, and today was our first day. Beautiful city, amazing crowds, carnivale is fantastic, it's a circus! It rained the whole day, but I already find myself falling in love with the city. I'll be here most of the week, then heading to Udine for the Next Web conference, thanks to an invite from my old friend Paolo Valdemarin. I'll post pictures as I have time... For those of you just dying for a picture, I'll be adding photos to my Flickr set throughout the week. For...http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/2008/02/carnivale_2008.html |