Saturday, June 6, 2009
Lord Byron in Venice
"After visiting a mistress at a palazzo in Venice one evening, Lord Byron jumped, fully clothed, into the Grand Canal and swam home. The following night - in order to avoid being wounded by the oars of passing gondolieri - he was careful to hold a torch in one hand to make himself seen."
I found this quote interesting as not only does it speak on Lord Byron, a great writer and interestingly strange human being, but it also states that he swam the grand canal AFTER visiting one of his mistresses. I bet his mistress was glad he didn't decide to swim the grand canal to see her.
Venecian Waterways
As mentioned on an earlier posting, the Venecian waterways were just gorgeous, the water an almost teal green, if it weren't for the smell and the cold I'd have been tempted to go for a dip, being the water-baby that I am. But alas, I fear I couldn't hold my breath for that long and besides I think if I had have taken a dip in that water, I'd still be trying to wash the smell out of my hair.
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