Monday, April 21, 2008
Armadio
One of the joys of living in Venice is the absence of cars. No car fumes to breathe in while walking around, less noise, less danger, prettier, safer, etc.. It makes the city very special and the advantages and countless. But today I had to move an wardrobe. I live in 32 square meters, and I am a total clothes horse, which means that the modest closet space that came with the apartment and the dresser I bought from the IKEA in nearby Padova just are not quite enough. My friend's grandmonther has recently been moved into a retirement home and he asked if I want to buy her wardrobe, so I took him up on the offer. The only problem being, of course, that he lives in Castello and I live in S. Croce. Today Giuseppe and I carried the four drawers on the vaporetto #51 and we will have to figure out how to get the 230 centimeter-tall frame to my house. They surely wont let us on the vaporetto and we dont know anyone with a boat! How can I have lived in Venice for three and a half years and not know anyone with a boat?!
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I just started reading your blog after a recent trip to Venice and like it very much. One question though about the post: what about buying a boat? I always thought most people in Venice had their own boats in order to get around, especially due to the lack of cars. Are boats cheap there and easy to buy?
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