Writer's Block: Nirvana

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Venice. I've only been there once, and that was in March, so I missed out on the humidity, the heat, the smells, the endless tourists but it got hold of me in a way I hear India does with other people and hasn't let me go for over 20 years now. We stayed in a cheap little hotel (which was still expensive for us, as we were doing "Europe on a dollar a day") and we ate at the university because you got a massive pasta nosh up there for next to nothing. But it was the buildings and the canals that captured me entirely. And you get a better - and cheaper - tour of the Grand Canal by bus than you ever do by gondole.

I'd love to live there. A few years ago I looked into houses (well ok, very small flats) prices and found that I could JUST afford a tiny cupboard size thing with the price i'd get for this and my parents house, but then - what would I live ON? I'd need to be self sufficient. It's a nice dream and I shall continue to have it, because you never know. But that's where I'll be if the writing ever does support me. Look me up! (Just not more than one at a time because - tiny!

Comments

[essayel.livejournal.com]

I've never been but always wanted to go. My parents went and came back incredibly impressed, and my daughter went in the autumn and adored it so I'm jealous and fancy booking a city break weekend. Problem is a] I can't afford it and b] if I did I'd get a massive plot bunny. I always do on holiday. And I really should finish one of the other gazillion projects I have sketched out in my notebooks. I think my Cold War cryptographer and his gardener need to be brought to a gentle culmination before I start anything else.

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

Oh, I adore Venice. This is in spite of only having visited in the middle of summer, surrounded by stink and tourists. I didn't care. It was utterly magical.

[baritonejeff.livejournal.com]

La Serenissima! *heavy sigh*

[crawling-angel.livejournal.com]

The summit of Blencathra (on a June day). Jaw-droppingly beautiful and the sheep are really friendly :)