Without Lifting A Finger

The Venice Giardini is an area of parkland in the historic city of Venice which hosts the Venice Biennale Art Festival , a major part of the city's cultural Biennale. The gardens were created by Napoleon Bonaparte who drained an area of marshland in order to create a public garden on the banks of the Bacino di San Marco which is a narrow stretch of water dividing the gardens from St. Mark's Square and the Doge's Palace . The gardens contain 30 permanent pavilions. Each pavilion is allocated to a particular nation and displays works of art by its nationals during the Venice Biennale . Several of the pavilions were designed by leading architects of the 20th century, including Carlo Scarpa and Alvar Aalto . [From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giardini_della_Biennale_(Venice )]

We landed at Biennale and waited for Vanni (our landlord) at Giardini. Most of the time we sat on benches along the tree-lined avenue (heaven) leading to the statue of Garibaldi (see statue and resident turtle below). I strolled in the garden. I kept gazing at the twin campaniles. I didn't know then that Wagner died in Venice. I know now. *