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(Relatively)
early in the morning and in bright weather we spontaneously decided
on a boat trip by vaporetto (The small ferries which guarantee the
local traffic in Venice.) via the whole Canale Grande along the Biennale
grounds, the Arsenale (formerly the greatest shipyard of the Middle
Ages which a large part of the power and influence of the Venetians
was based on). |
Our
group on one of the numerous bridges
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and in the narrow streets and alleys of Venice |
Antonio Rosino and Luca D'Ambrosio are a team which works well together
as tourist guides, naturally our South Tyrol chess friend is perfectly
bilingual (German/Italian). And certainly there has never been such a
knowledgeable guided tour with regard to the chess historical importance
of the town built on a lagoon. (Picture series 6 - Via
the Canale Grande to St Mark’s Square and back to the Casa /
28 pictures.)
Antonio
Rosino as tourist guide |
After the lunch-break (at Diana – where else)
our traditional book market of the KWA was held, but for different reasons
this led only to a considerable increase of the number of Scandinavian
chess books in Italy while the Italian "treasures" remained
in the country. (Later on the "true" reasons were revealed:
On the one hand Antonio Rosino is "sitting" on a real treasure
in the "Cannaregio", on the other hand the probably highest
concentration of Italian chess literature outside Italy is found in Amsterdam
...)
At
the
KWA book market:
Carlo A. Pagni, Hans Ellinger, Calle Erlandsson and Toni Preziuso |
Harrie
Grondijs and Antonio Rosino |
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Toni
Preziuso and Carlo Alberto Pagni |
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