Phespirit goes to Italy
Venice     March 1997

PIAZZETTA SAN MARCO Not a drop of flood water to be seen in this view from the Basilica San Marco. That's the Doge's Palace on the left.
PIAZZA SAN MARCO The chino-wearing Phespirit takes a stance in Piazza San Marco. Local coffee vendors scowl as he resolutely refuses to pawn all his possessions for the price of a demitasse.
THE GRAND CANAL Aural evidence says that "Santa Lucia" is the only song in the repertoire of Venetian gondoliers on the Grand Canal. Phespirit avoided boarding a gondoler.