I could get used to living in Venice, crumbling palaces, lots of water, no cars, what's not to like? after a few days one learns to navigate the maze and figure out whether a given errand will be quicker by land or by boat, and to steer clear of the tourist groups following a leader holding an umbrella aloft.

Have spent two days at the biennale, also checked out peggy guggenheim collection, murano, the beach at lido, the doge's palace and a concert by

Interpreti Veneziani which was actually quite nice.

oops, just noticed their website has gone blank, but there's some info here:

http://www.ciaovenezia.com/eng/interpreti.htm