30/06/2005
Return!
Hi everyone! Here I am back home again afer the most fabulous trip to the world's most photogenic city, Venice.
And yes, I survived intact and so did minimus in spite of the best attempts of the Italian male...Not interested in me, you understand- Hardly, when there's an almost-eighteen-year-old natural blonde walking round the place arm in arm with me!
Walking back into St Mark's Square for the first time in over twenty years, my eyes filled with tears... It is a completely overwhelming sight. The beauty, and the realisation that men have created these magnificent and truly wonderful buildings... Oh, wow, I am (for once), am completely speechless.
Had one amusing experience by the Rialto Bridge... the largest of the many bridges over the canals, and main thoroughfare for pedestrians to cross the Grand Canal... There are outdoor restaurants lined up alongside the Grand canal, and a young waiter catching sight of minimus ran out to promise us a free meal if only I would take her to eat there... a waiter at the next restaurant promised free ice cream, the next coffee... I made a hasty detour into a side street with minimus safely in tow before we got to the end of the row- where goodness knows what would have been on offer!
To celebrate the book I am writing at the moment, which is set in Venice, I took the opportunity to buy a lovely prize for my next competition... it's a tiny Murana glass heart, hand-made in Venice, which would sit beautifully on any chain you happen to have. I couldn't resist it, and while I was 'present buying' for friends and family I naturally thought about my readers and what they might like... And believe me, this is something I would like too, and I keep asking myself- why didn't I buy another one???
(great excuse to return to Venice!!!)
Anyway, keep watching out for my competition and I will gladly give this lovely memento to the winner... Just give me a day or so to work out the question!!!
Back soon with more news... love to all, and happy reading everyone!
Susan
And yes, I survived intact and so did minimus in spite of the best attempts of the Italian male...Not interested in me, you understand- Hardly, when there's an almost-eighteen-year-old natural blonde walking round the place arm in arm with me!
Walking back into St Mark's Square for the first time in over twenty years, my eyes filled with tears... It is a completely overwhelming sight. The beauty, and the realisation that men have created these magnificent and truly wonderful buildings... Oh, wow, I am (for once), am completely speechless.
Had one amusing experience by the Rialto Bridge... the largest of the many bridges over the canals, and main thoroughfare for pedestrians to cross the Grand Canal... There are outdoor restaurants lined up alongside the Grand canal, and a young waiter catching sight of minimus ran out to promise us a free meal if only I would take her to eat there... a waiter at the next restaurant promised free ice cream, the next coffee... I made a hasty detour into a side street with minimus safely in tow before we got to the end of the row- where goodness knows what would have been on offer!
To celebrate the book I am writing at the moment, which is set in Venice, I took the opportunity to buy a lovely prize for my next competition... it's a tiny Murana glass heart, hand-made in Venice, which would sit beautifully on any chain you happen to have. I couldn't resist it, and while I was 'present buying' for friends and family I naturally thought about my readers and what they might like... And believe me, this is something I would like too, and I keep asking myself- why didn't I buy another one???
(great excuse to return to Venice!!!)
Anyway, keep watching out for my competition and I will gladly give this lovely memento to the winner... Just give me a day or so to work out the question!!!
Back soon with more news... love to all, and happy reading everyone!
Susan
