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Simply Venice..a daily routine....

16/3/2020

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A somewhat wry smile? Photo of a wall in Venice by Heather.

 After a few days here we developed a routine which suits us both.
I set my alarm for 7.30. No rush to get up but I open the shutters and look at the mimosa tree. To me it's important to look at something beautiful first thing each day. A flower or a card on the bedside table, or a view. or a mimosa tree.

I do my Wim Hof breathing exercises next and wash my hair in cold water (both the breathing and the cold therapy are said to strengthen your immune system which in the circumstances can only be good!) and we breakfast around 9, sometimes listening to Italian lessons while we prepare, eat or clear up. It's warm enough to have the windows and/or balcony door open most of the time. 18C is forecast for Thursday!

Then we will work for a bit - two to three hours, or as much as five if its going well, with a stop for coffee on the balcony about 11.30. We are both very glad this is a working holiday and that we have work we love to do. If we were here only for the tourist attractions we'd be feeling very frustrated!  We are the lucky ones who can consider this episode as a retreat.

Lunch between 1 and 2 then depending a bit on the weather, which has been mostly sunny, a walk, shopping, exploring, time alone - before the tighter restricitons, whatever we fancied  A bit of sunbathing on the balcony, or a nap, is going down very well. Galleries and concerts and vaporetto rides were part of the original plan but that was BC. Before Coronavirus.  (I stole that from Steven Vardi at Venezia blog.)

We plan and shop for meals then Heather cooks and I clear up. Heather loves to cook - lucky me! - and we enjoy Italian wine with a leisurely dinner, sometimes listening to music. Quite often we are pretty tired by then.

We discuss ways of managing the situation - giving each other space, getting exercise.  Pilates  for me, I've set up a little exercise space in the bedroom, but Heather is missing  her 8 - 10,000 steps!

I'm sleeping well.

The Chinese symbol for crisis also includes the word for opportunity I'm told.  Can you find opportunities in your own situation, where you are?


10 Comments
Linda
16/3/2020 05:51:29 am

I like the crisis/opportunity thought. Apart from the obvious losses that people are going to suffer, both personal and financial, I think many people will learn a great deal about themselves and about life during the coming months, and re-think their priorities going forward. Life for many of us may never be the same again.

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Freda
16/3/2020 02:05:43 pm

It looks as if we will literally have time to pause for thought. Who knows how it will change us...

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Swissrose
16/3/2020 06:00:12 am

We came to Brittany to check on our house 10 days ago and now it seems like a quiet little holiday home on the coast (I think 2 houses on the whole street are occupied) might not be the worst place to sit it out for now, especially with my mom being older, if perfectly healthy... At home in Switzerland, there is escalation and family members who can‘t avoid contact with others. Enjoy Venice! What an opportunity in a crisis (yes, I believe you‘re right about the Chinese expression!).

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Freda
16/3/2020 02:07:51 pm

Enjoy Brittany! We must make the most of things wherever we find ourselves..

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Susan Dorset
16/3/2020 09:31:15 am

Driving through the countryside this morning, the roads and lanes were deserted! Dorchester (the county town) was deserted!
Where was everyone? Had I missed a government directive to 'lock down'? Was I unwittingly breaking the law!

No, of course not! The entire population of Dorset, not ones to miss an opportunity, were playing on Lyme Regis beach, promenading along the cob, and doing impressions of The French Lieutenant's Woman.

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Freda
16/3/2020 02:11:58 pm

The bracing air, huge rxpanses of sand - hurrah for Britain's beaches!

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julia
16/3/2020 10:18:30 am

our routines are much the same as they are everyday, except that we are not meeting friends for walks or meals. we are to stay home except for essential errands. stores and restaurants are open! but we do not feel we should go...our friends feel the same way, and we worry about our favorite places. i'm catching up on tasks that i procrastinate on...downloading and filing photos..sorting things out!! and what a mess i seem to have made of things by my laziness.

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Freda
16/3/2020 02:14:13 pm

I wonder if we will all be 'sorted' by the end of this?!

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cathy
16/3/2020 02:30:31 pm

I look at that picture & see a happy slice of bread w some of the crust left on. making me hungry...because I'm a toast muncher!

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Freda
17/3/2020 12:50:39 am

Happy faces - even if only painted on a wall - are good.

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