h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Venice is a precious gem and it's always great to be there even if it is expensive and impossible to get a decent meal. It stinks a little, it's mostly very crumbly and pink above water, and there's a lot of rubbish lying around. All a little bit like me really.
No cars is really great!
We had a great week and even went to the Lido where Mrs. LL put her toes into the waves. On the cultur front we attended two rather expensive but enjoyable performances, The Barber of Seville and La Traviata, both held in a private Palazzo. There was nothing on at the Fenice while we were there.
Another highlight was a performance by an English Girls School (from somewhere in Derbyshire) at the English Church in Venice. It was a charity event to raise money for some reconstruction work that's going on there. The scaffolding is up anyway. The roof has been done. Now they're on with the walls.
Is Venice sinking? Well, cracks are certainly appearing! Crumbling into the lagoon more than going under I'd say. She may finally sink slowly and painfully, rather like an old lady going to bed.

Hmm, perhaps I'll go to Venice when I run away.

Well then, you'd better enter the Venice Marathon! By the way, when I was there I joined 13,000 others, just by chance, in a sponsored walk over lots of bridges, to raise money for homeless people in Moldavia. That was better than running away. And I got a nice t-shirt!

Leaving aside sponsored walks and such, (sponsored cappucino's?}, when I run away it's there I'll be making off to too, [everyone says what a marvellous place it is], though probably not together...I'm not together most of the time anyway

Jab

You should go this year and have a look at the Biennale - both parts - so you'll need two days. I think it opened today. Anyway, it's on until November 12th if I'm not mistaken. Check those dates before you go.
You can stay cheaper at Mestre and then get a bus to Venice for 1€ and walk over countless bridges to the gardens where the event is held - thus saving a fotune in Vaperetti fares and getting lots of fresh air and exercise!