History Hunting in Venice

I went to Venice to prepare a research proposal for my PhD. I will be looking at the economic implications of the international book trade, in which Venice has an interestingly rich history!

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Venice, Italy

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Venice floods over a 100 times a year during high tides, which I was lucky enough to witness in the afternoon. Shops are prepared to flood, wearing rain boots and keeping the water from overflowing their storefronts.

This is a cloth bound book from the early 1900s I purchased from the bookstore on the canal. It is in Italian and very similar to the Latin I learned.

Venice is filled with bookstores with all sorts of antique writing equipment, like quills, calligraphy pens, and leather notebooks. I got a new calligraphy pen with violet ink.

Cicchetti is a popular mid-afternoon snack which consists of toasted bread with various types of meats, cheeses, and fish spreads.

Local venetians even dine in their costumes!

Because Venice is an island, it's best known for seafood. We enjoyed a delicious pasta with mussels, clams, and prawns which were caught in the canals.

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