Thursday, January 02, 2014

bye-bye venice

last day in venice and it is raining! boo!!

b and d are trying to pack so i thought i'd put up a nice picture of a day when it wasn't raining...


...and one of me last evening at teatro goldoni...


it could be a possible venue for buttons hippo's stand-up comedy routine. he could call it 'carry on (and on and on and on) up the limpopo' – only in italian, of course!

3 comments:

Buttons Hippo said...

I'm not sure what you're getting at here, coz. I would never claim to be a comedian but I would be delighted to give my lecture on Venetian architecture: socio-economic aspects of the influence of Limpopo life and culture on the Doges and their architects at such a charming venue, but I suppose there might be language problems.

The last time I gave it (at a Limpopo WEA) no-one seemed to quite grasp it ... but now I come to think about it, that was in English. How odd.

SharonM said...

Might be a good move for Buttons Hippo. If they chucked food at him, he could eat very well, judging by the photos we've seen from Venice.

Buttons Hippo said...

I'm not sure what you're getting at here either, SharonM. I never give a talk on an empty stomach, so there's no need for the audience to think I need feeding. There was an incident with some tomatoes at one venue, but I was told later that it was apparently a misunderstanding about local customs in that area.