[Idyllchat] Venice

[Sonny Culverhouse]

I've just found the movie (dvd) on Amazon, ordered a new/used one for 
7.99.  Tks to Lynanne & you for the tip.    sonny in venice '02 & June '08


At 11:25 AM 1/30/2008, basketsbybaraldi at comcast.net wrote:
>Lynanne is right...this is a sweet movie, and worth viewing 
>again...It shows Venice as it looks today.
>
>If you prefer reading...Marlena DiBlasi's A Thousand Days in Venice 
>gives a great look at everyday life in La Serenissima...especially 
>about food and the social behaviors of the Venetians.
>
>For history lovers a good choice is the Al Pacino's Merchant of 
>Venice, or Donald Sutherland's Casanova...to see Venice as it used to be.
>
>Just made my reservations for June, so thanks for the reminder, Lynanne.
>
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>From: Lynanne Guynn <lynannerg at msn.com>
>Those of you who are planning a trip - or have been - to Venice, 
>will enjoy the movie "Bread & Tulips" (Pane e Tulipani).  It's a 
>delightful story about a bored housewife/mom who lives on the 
>Adriatic coast, who accidently gets left behind when their tour bus 
>hurries to the next destination, on the family's annual 
>vacation.  She ends up in Venice, and her adventure begins.  I have 
>the VHS of it, but that's SO outdated now!  I'm sure that now 
>there's a DVD available. (I'm still partially in the dark ages!)
>
>I saw the movie three times, and have enjoyed the tape many other times.
>
>Lynanne
>
>
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>