Summertime in Venice (Concord Monitor)
Pianissimo, pianissimo. That’s how morning comes on Campo Santa Maria Formosa. Pigeons dawdle around a trash can. The woman who tends the newsstand gives her dog a bowl of water. Then the grate at the Bar all’Orologio clangs open, a sure sign that another summer day has begun in Venice.
From running news on Greek real estate

