Visiting Ca Rezzonico on a Rainy day in Venice

October 25, 2010
When I knew I was coming to Venice, I decided I especially wanted to see Ca Rezzonico, because Robert Browning had lived there in his later years. (The English major is alive and living!) So this was our destination this morning! We were decked out in water-proof boots to protect us against aqua alta or high water, caused by full moon and barometric pressure. There is a closet full of boots here, and fortunately there was a pair of size 44 to fit me! We walked over there, and the rain started shortly after we started out. It took us about 45 minutes, as it was not a “straight” line there, but, then little is in Venice!

Ca Rezzonico is also called Mueso del Settecento Veneziano or museum of the 18th century. Originally owned by the wealthy Rezzonico family in the 1700’s, it is a grand old palazzo filled with ornate furniture and paintings and works of arts by many famous artists.
We could not take pictures inside, but could take some looking outside and the courtyard. One of my favorite things was an amazing and very detailed chandelier made of Murano glass! (It is pictured on the website.) We each got an audioguide, and learned a lot about the period. NEVER was there a word about the Brownings living here! Rick Steves had said it would take about 90 minutes, and that was how long it took us!

Afterwards we tried to find a jazz club, but by the time we found it-it was closed, and we were really starving. The website had said it opened for lunch. So we stopped at a small osteria on our way for tasty salad and gorgonzola piazza! It WAS faster to get home, and we hurried to stay as dry as possible! My really POOR umbrella bought in Verona for €5 wasn’t too good by the end of Verona, but now about four ribs are broken!
Joan’s friend Blake and her grandniece are arriving shortly from France, so I will see them tonight for dinner, and perhaps we’ll get to Peggy Guggenheim Collection in the morning, before I catch the 1:00PM train to Rome, in preparation for my 10AM flight on Wednesday.