7TH STEP

BROWN IN COLOUR (LIKE A GINGER COOKIE)

BURNED HERE AND THERE

PLASTER STILL ATTACHED

WITH STITCHES ALL OVER THE BODY

OUR VERY OLD MADONNA (SITTING)

SUDDENLY TURNED OUT TO BE A N ANCIENT MUMMY

WITH AN ABSENT BUT SOFT

AND VERY PATIENCE

EXPRESSION

 - BEAUTIFUL -

WITH THE LADY IN BREAD SAFELY PLACED

C/O GIOVANNI AND GIOVANNA

IN GIUDECCA

WE WENT TO THE CITY OF VENICE

TO MAKE THE BARS AND SOME (DUBIOUS) PR WORK

8TH STEP

JUST BETWEEN THE COMPOST

AND THE ZUCCHINIS

(IN GIOVANNI'S AND CO. BACKYARD)

WE START PUTTING THE LADY TOGETHER

TALKING ABOUT HOW THE NIGHT BEFORE ENDED

FOR EACH ONE (LOTS OF LAUGH)

THE CHAIR STRONGLY TIED TO A FRAME

FOR TRANSPORT SAKE

THE LADY STRONGLY TIED TO THE CHAIR

SAME SAKE

IN A 'BOY SCOUT'S' WAY = USING BRANCHES

JUST TO KEEP'N TOGETHER

AND THERE SHE WAS SITTING

AS A FORGOTTEN QUEEN

PROUD AWAKE BACK INTO LIFE

VERY PROUD

NOBODY THOUGHT ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE DOOR

BUT WE MANAGE IT

OUR WAY TO S. MARCO WAS OPEN

9TH STEP

GET TO S. MARCO VIA VAPORETTO OF COURSE,

HOW ELSE?

GETTING IN THE BOAT WAS QUITE OK

CONTROLLER COMPLAINS = SHE IS TOO BIG TO BE CARGO

HUMAN SIZE

WE PAID A TICKET FOR HER (BUT NOT FOR US)

TOURIST MAKE PICTURES

EVERYBODY LOOKS ASKS TOUCH

AT RIVA SCHIAVONI (END STATION)

EVERYBODY WANTed TO GET OUT AT ONCE / GET IN AT ONCE

 - NOBODY RESPECTS A MUMMY ANYMORE -

THERE, JUST BETWEEN SEA AND LAND

THE PROJECT WAS ABOUT TO GET CROSS

BY HYSTERIC TOURIST

FINALLY TIERRA

HEAVY SHE IS, I TELL YOU

NOW THE PROCESSION

WALK BETWEEN A CROWD OF BLIND TOURIST

AND SOUVENIR STANDS

TWO BRIDGES - UP AND DOWN -

unTIL THE ARCHES OF IL PALAZZO DEL DUQUE

UNTIL

SAN MARCO