VeniceLife 8: Summer/Night/City
‘How is Venice in summer?’ people ask, in the hushed, gloomy tone usually kept for ‘How was it at the dentist?’ Well, the answer a couple of weeks ago was, hot, sure, but …agreeably empty, actually.
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