BS: Who's been to Venice?

Subject: BS: Who's been to Venice?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 01:55 PM

Anne and I are hoping to be in Venice for five days from November 1st.

So one question is, anybody know of any live folk music we might be able to find while we are there? Preferably Italian folk music.

But the more pressing problem is, finding a place to stay. We've been going through the online booking sites, with the hotel reviews by users, and that is pretty fascunating, but also confusing.

Interesting patterns emerge, about the things people feel like commenting on. You get adjacent reviews, and one is saying how brilliant everything was, and how friendy the staff were, and the next one is saying what a dump it is, and how nasty everyone was - and what makes the difference seems to be the attitude they bring to it. (Among transatlantic visitors Canadians seem to enjoy themselves more, going by the reviews...Make what you will of that.)

Anyway it seems possible Mudcatters might on the whole be more likely to be on the same wavelength as us. So has anybody got anywhere they'd like to pass on a rave or a warning about?