I have started on City of Fallen Angels, by John Berendt, and it is a very interesting read. I think I like this book a little better because it relates directly to Venice. It is interesting to read that he chose to visit Venice during times when the city is less populated by tourists; this was interesting because we are going to Venice in the "low period" of tourists, so hopefully my experiences there can be more real and less touristic.

One interesting part of the book was the description of the burning Opera House. They weren't able to effectively fight the fire because of the canals and the response time. One of the past projects I reviewed was designing an ambulance system for Venice, since the current one was slow and depended entirely on the expertise of the boat drivers, and how well they knew the tide and the traffic conditions. It seems that they are still having problems with that kind of thing; I feel like that is something they should be, if they are not already, adressing.