Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Venice, Italy at Epcot, Orlando


Italy, in Epcot's World Showcase, offers this view of life in Venice.

12 comments:

Richard said...

Jacob, did You know that Italy"s Venice was built on marshes due to the Huns? The name comes from Latin "Veni Etiam", meaning "We arrived", if i remember well.The Huns were not sailors at all :).

Cezar and Léia said...

Hello dear friends Jacob and Anne!
Outstanding picture!This place is wonderful!
It reminds me a trip to Italy in 2001.It was a a summer so intense ( in July ) difficult to bear with...
I visited Venice for one week and I got a little disappointed !I thought the place would be very romantic ( like we can see in movies !), but it was not!!!!I guess the reason of this feeling ,to be missing something good ,it was because I had not meet my Cezar in that time.
Perhaps we both should come back to Venice to enjoy now the "romantic dream"!I'm not sure but I guess he have never visited Venice.
hummm What a fabulous idea! :-))
You know...sometimes I do love my "insights"! hahaha ops Just kidding!
Hugs,
Léia

Lowell said...

Thank you, Leia! And yes, you are very insightful...I'd say head to the travel agency today and book that flight to Venice...just be sure you take Cezar with you!

I'm somehow quite sure you'd find it much more romantic now!!

Lowell said...

I did not know about the Huns, Richard...thanks. Now I shall have to do some research as what you've said is very interesting!

cieldequimper said...

Oh I seem to have missed Venezia! Did you take a glide down the canal? ;-)

Unknown said...

Funny!

crocrodyl said...

Yes - similar:) Great capture!

amatamari© said...

The name of Venice mean place, or land, or city
of Veneti.
The Latin name derives from ethnic Veneti.
Veneti means "inhabitants next the river
or to the source. "
The term was as Venetkens, ie "people Venetian"
in a long inscription in Venetian
on a stele paleoventa found in Villa Guiccioli
of Island Vientina and retained at the Museum
Archeologico di Vicenza.
In Venice my brother was born ... and I am
very happy for this your picture!
:-)

Lowell said...

Thank you, Amatamari, for that delightful bit of information...I knew none of that, either!

It's nice to know you like your brother!

Chris said...

Hi Jacob,
It looks like this is a very cosmopolitan place... The world gathered in a single location!!! Strange, funny and nice pictures!

Lowell said...

Ah, CQ...I wish this was the real Venice and not a Disney fantasy!

Lisa Wilson said...

How fun!