Not surprisingly, Giorgia makes amends. First, the SMS was an error, and second, she knows far better than to bite the hand, eccettera. I would have been surprised if, as the first female gondolier, Giorgia had “taken the movie deal;” that is, sold out a goal she’d held dear all her life for a bit…
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First Female Gondolier risks expulsion, two days in…
Oops…two days into her intern job as the first female gondolier ever, Giorgia’s gone Hollywood on us. According to this morning’s article in the Gazzettino, Dino Di Meo of the French Liberation was dumbfounded when, in response to his request for an interview and a photograph, he was redirected – by SMS – to Giorgia’s…
Benvenuta Giorgia: the First Female Gondolier
Talk about buzz. Her name is Giorgia Boscolo, and she has shattered the black-boat-barrier, the one they said would never fall. The Sarda Unione calls it “the last Venetian tabù,” and today we can say that the exclusive club of the Venetian gondolier, for the first time ever, includes a woman. Not without plenty of…
Pay the going rate: Venetian Gondola Fares
After arriving in Venice at the end of a cruise, a friend told me about an excursion to the Piazza the night before she disembarked from the ship, including the price of the gondola ride her group decided to enjoy. “You paid what?!”
Presenting the Preview
We’re happy to announce the completion of the preview/demo/promo of our documentary-in-progress. We’ll be using this as our “biglietto da visita” as we gather funding…but I have to say the responses so far have been extremely positive, for which we are grateful. There is an Italian version of the preview as well, and the site…
A Documentary Project of LivingVenice.org.
On a sunny day, watch schools of fish bob by the underwater webcam of the CNR sea tower in the high Adriatic.