I took the vaporetto to St. Mark’s Square and visited the Bridge of Sighs-the last glimpse of freedom for prisoner’s going to jail from the Doge’s Palace.
The Piazza San Marco was full of seagulls who have driven out the pigeons. I finally found the displaced pigeons at the Rialto Market!
The Rialto bridge is the oldest bridge (11thC) spanning the Grand Canal and was packed three deep with tourists trying to get their photo taken;)
Vivaldi’s church is a venue for chamber concerts, almost every day of the week, throughout the year. The church was built in the mid 1750’s and was where Vivaldi’s choir, of orphan girls, sang behind beautiful ornate wrought iron screens. I climbed the stairs to see what these young girls would have seen looking down into the church.
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The acoustics were great because the church dome is small and there was no echo. We sang Vivaldi’s Magnificat and Monteverdi’s Gloria in excelsis Deo à 7 voci. The 7 soloists were composed of Capilano music students majoring in voice.
On my way to visit Margaret and her 500 yr old organ upstairs, I came to several chambers displaying exquisitely embroidered robes from the 18thC.
Tonight we head to Da Bruno for our finally group dinner. Tomorrow night we perform in our last concert on this tour!
Diane’s Trips 
Fantastic. I loved the Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pieta. We visited it in 2011 and there was much renovation going on. Guy picked up a couple of pieces of the rubble and we still have them. Has the renovation been completed? I can’t believe you’re almost on your way home. Best, Deb
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I hope your are feeling stronger each day! Our final concert was held in the church where Monteverdi was laid to rest! It was so inspiring and we sang well. Farewell social tonight and the tour leaves tomorrow. I’m staying on as my daughter arrives and we are cruising for another 13 days. We are so excited to be together!! I’m off to see Doge’s palace and Leonardo’s museum tomorrow before she arrives:) it is midnight and so 😴
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