For a city that is built on and surrounded by water it is frustrating that you can't just take a refreshing dip in the canals, that is unless you want some vile disease. With temperatures approaching 40 degrees the other day Andrew & I decided enough was enough and headed out to the Lido, a 12km long barrier island just to the south-west of Venice. It's most well known for hosting the film festival which is starting at the end of next month, and its beaches. We chilled with some beers while Andrew introduced me to some 80s Canadian music. So chilled. When it got too hot I splashed about in the sea which was glorious.
As any 'old' intern here will tell you, Monday night is Piccolo Mondo night, or 'Piccolo Monday' as they like to call it. We all have Tuesday off so the night before is obviously party time. Due to their stringent dress code (because I would obviously offend the empty sweaty room) I wasn't allowed in my tank top so a very nice intern lent me his rather interesting Helmut Lang shirt which had a texture somewhere in between plastic bag and silk. Oh, and it was semi-transparent. The 'club' consisted of one dingy room fitted out with all the tat you find in the stalls of Venice. It was good trashy fun and we ended it up at about 3 in the morning, sitting outside in the calle jamming on Sasha's harmonica.
Ciao Giorgio!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you're having a great time, wish I was with you/you were here, London isn't the same without you :(. Would skype be possible sometime? xxx