I sat by the washing, waiting for an old man with a dog to walk by. A lady with a stick was just as good. How’s that for an authentic Italian cliche?
Venice is popular. For good reason, of course.
Naturally, much of the Italy we tourists see looks like the picture on the right, but as photographers we prefer the privacy of deserted places.
So although it’s not possible to avoid the well-trodden path altogether, you can glance sideways into every little alleyway, point the camera at it and hope that it might be free of visitors.
If you’re really lucky, you might even spot a local doing something colourful and charming.
Oops! There could be an accidental tourist caught in this shot.
Ah, that’s better!
Richard Tulloch's LIFE ON THE ROAD 
Nice pictures, especially the one reflection….
Thanks. I like that one too, Nina.
Beautiful photo’s Richard. We are tourists but always lovely to get away from the ‘madding crowd’. My sister and I did this in Venice and found a little local supermarket in a back street, not a tourist to be seen. And in the process were literally slapped on the wrist by a nonna because we didn’t know you had to wear plastic gloves to touch the fruit and veg.
Ah yes, those unwritten local rules!
One of my favourite subjects – other people’s washing!
You can’t go wrong with washing, Andrew. That and old fishing boats.
and there i was looking for the junkies? beautifully done and thank you, a
Always worth trying to attract a new group of readers to the blog, Amanda. Thanks.
Thank you so much for the Italian stories, Richard! We’ve issued ourselves a travel ban to get some ‘urgent’ things finally sorted out at home. In fact, we are preparing to sell the house and we just heard today it might take up to a year in the present recession to find a buyer. So please keep on pouring these posts, especially from the Mediterranean, preferably Italy, thank you!
Happy to be a distraction from real estate hitches, TM.
Beautiful photos, Richard. I can’t wait to re-visit Venice/Italy in September 🙂
Ooh – it will be busy, Carol, but the beaten track is usually beaten because it’s worth treading.
Che bellezza, Richard. Thanks for these posts
Io non parlo Italiano, Jonathan, but I think that you mean something good.