Venice Carnavale is from Feb 11-28 that could be interesting...

asking for clarification is visiting during high water-kind of requiring high tides that can be foreseen I think - makes Venice at that time a total washout.>>

the times when the high tides may occur can be foreseen but no-one knows if they will actually occur or not, if that makes sense. Visiting Venice at those times isn't exactly a wash out, but it makes getting around parts of the city difficult [especaiily San Marco] though this is relieved by use of the raised walk-ways that are erected.

You are right, Pal, that Venice is greatly threatened by rising water levels. We have pictures from our first visit over 30 years ago that show that it was a lot lower then, and John Julius Norwich [who was a leading light in the Venice in Peril organisation] started his campaigning at about that time. The huge cruise ships that go in and out of Venice do their bit to undermine the city too. Perhaps it is our duty not to visit it [certainly not in one of those monstrosities] but it is the most beautiful and fascinating place to be.

Dfourth love your albums of Bologna.

Perhaps it is our duty not to visit it [certainly not in one of those monstrosities] but it is the most beautiful and fascinating place to be.>

Yup Venice is sinking under the weight of tourism.

The traditional way to combat the natural sinking and higher waters one hotelier told me was to build up-he had built his floor level up once but this can only be done so much.

I thought that that mammoth project MOSES - gates at entrances to the lagoon a la ones in London's Thames' Barrier -they were supposed to prevent flooding like that but the project, due to be finished in 2018, has raised doubts of its ability to do that:

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourcei...q=MOSES+Venice

Interesting in the Italian style the mayor of Venice was charged with siphoning money off the project, the article says.

But hopefully after MOSES is finished Venice will be less hostage to severe flooding.

Interesting in the Italian style the mayor of Venice was charged with siphoning money off the project, the article says.>>

if you read Donna Leon, he would by no means be the only one. I hope, though do not believe, that she exaggerates the extent of corruption in Venice. The Mayor must seriously have upset someone powerful to have found himself "nella merda".