Venezia: bright blue and brilliant. A perfect five days, wrapped up in sunshine and Luigi. We were quietly domestic - slipping through the heat to the local co-op and filling our basket full of favourite things: cherries, peaches and hunks of sweet water melon. Fat plum tomatoes and mint green fennel. Mozzarella and mortadella. Fish from the tiny local stall. New apartment is just one minute from Giudecca waterfront, at the top of a small campo. You can lie in bed and hear the boats busying across the canal. Redentore fireworks were spectacular - a full half hour - enormous explosion cracking through the night sky and echoing around st marco basin. The Regatta took place late on sunday afternoon. Its all a mad splash of colour and chaos - and boy, are those gondoliers fit! I loaded up my camera with a lot of memories and used my iPad to record sounds. Isolation room and ward are so sealed off that its not possible even to hear a plane flying over or the screech of a police car - but now I have a great selection of noises to tune into: hot cicadas, rumbling vaporettas, paino practice drifting from an unknown window - even Luigi snoring. Hell, it'll be home from home!
So we cried a bit but laughed much more. We talked about our new home on Giudecca - when all this nightmare is past by - with a studio and a boat (which I will drive...better navigational skills!). We walked a lot - morning, noon and night. Stars and stuff. Rode the green waters of giudecca canal on No 2 vaporetto - salt air on my face and in my lungs. Spritz and Prosecco. Luigi warm, tender and solid as a rock. Feeling well all over, so hard to believe there are mutant genes gathering... Big time glad I went out. Just the best thing to do. Most of the time I was switched off from all that is about to happen. One thing I have learnt from the first time round, is how to appreciate the moment, the very here and now of life. Where your feet are stood, the spot you breath from. This is it. So precious - not to be wasted by filling the "now" with the "then". Enough with the philosophy.
Today I have another meeting with consultants. Another blood test. Maybe will know more about when everything starts. Back soon. tch
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6 comments:
beautifully written and you look great. So glad you had a good time. Nigel xxx
Move over Luigi the squeegee TP is coming across.
Just back from the LCC conferment ceremony at the RFH. And just has sausage chips, egg and beans with diet coke.
I know there is a danger of wheeling out the cancer stories, but I know you like reading the posts and I like this story. Rosie Lugosi, who describes herself as a vampire queen, sings with the March Violets. I saw them in the early 1980s (goth era). She's 50 and looks fantastic. See link below. Just as the March Violets were reforming she developed throat cancer but overcame this. At the start of one of the songs she declares that she's decided she'll live forever. That's the spirit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLDk3xJ7Bc4
Oh Tilly, Kellie and I went out to Dulwich Village. We went to the Crown and Greyhound and had a couple of 'my little Perronis'. Then went next door to Roccas. Kellie and I had mussel and clam spaghetti. Tilly had mushroom pizza. Glasses of merlot, primitivo and white wine spritzers were had. Then back to the pub for caramel and chocolate slice with clotted cream. And then sambuca. After which I stumbled home happily in the rain.
Sounds absolutely perfect Tess and the photos are brilliant. The blue is wonderful and you look so well and happy. So pleased you had a great trip.
Maybe you should think about taking up writing as well as making images? :)
Much love Wen xx
Your trip sounds just perfect and you describe it so beautifully. Lovely pics you look fab xx
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