Day 2.

[brinshannara]

day 01 | a song
day 02 | a picture
day 03 | a book
day 04 | a site
day 05 | a youtube clip
day 06 | a quote
day 07 | whatever tickles your fancy

From Piazza San Marco in Venice, in June of 2006, some random girl with pigeons all around her. (As a note, you are apparently no longer allowed to feed pigeons in the piazza.)

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I have another photo of her looking much more freaked out, but I do like how she smiled at me in this one, which is why I selected it for today. :)

Randomly, I hate how "Piazza San Marco" gets translated into "St. Mark's Square". Seriously. It's Venice. It's Italy. It is not so difficult to say the Italian words! "Pee-ATS-ah"... San... Marco. For real.

Anyways, back tomorrow with a book recommendation, apparently. :)

Comments

[grian-ruadh.livejournal.com]

Besides, Italian is so much sexier. :D

[brinshannara]

Exactly. So much more musical! I love the cadence and rhythm of spoken Italian. :)

[trexphile.livejournal.com]

What a great shot!

[brinshannara]

Thanks! I kind of like it. Actiony, a clear view of the primary subject and a nice backdrop. :)

[shiningmoon.livejournal.com]

Love the photo. And no, Piazza San Marco? Not hard to say, and it's not like we non-Italians don't already say 'pizza'! =D

[brinshannara]

Glad you like it!

The whole St. Mark's Square thing came from me googling about the pigeons and seeing dozens of results for "St. Mark's Square" instead of "Piazza San Marco". I mean. Really. You can't go to a random Italian in Venice and be like "Hey! Where's St. Mark's Square?"

It just makes me sad that people translate this stuff. It seems so much more culturally amazing when it's titled in its original language.