Venice today

…was where I studied architecture from 1990-91 and did my thesis with Aldo Rossi – and today (a typical cold rainy lovely mess) it was my special pleasure to go back and give a lecture at that place I had once been such a young eager foreigner – and the students today seem so much with it and on top of things than I did at the time – and hey, aqua alta is on it’s way again today (I’ve got my boots ready) which was always a guilty thrill of mine when I lived here especially since my home and school were the first to go under, occupying some of the lowest areas of the island – and how much longer will this place be around? (IUAV website)