I’ve already underlined the uniqueness of Venice for its atmosphere and for its habits. Differently from other cities, there are very few common things to do for a young people. In Venice everything is different! We know that young people meet in Santa Margherita on Saturday nights and they usually have a spritz as appetizer. From this point of view, the city is really boring! Here we have the experience from a young girl.
Matilde studies architecture at IUAV in Venice and she’s attending the last year. I’ve have the chance to talk to her and therefore to have a testimony by an off-residence student.
I’ve asked her if she attends Campo Santa Margherita and in which way that means what she is used to do there. Matilde’s said: “I attend the campo less than other people because I live near Campo San Giovanni e Paolo that’ s a little bit far from Santa Margherita. However, sometimes it happens that I pass through it both in the mornig and in the evening, when I go to class to Santa Marta. If I attend it, I do expecially in the night: after lesson, we often have an appetizer there. It could sound common, but many students meet there! They go to Santa Margherita to drink something, to celebrate their graduation and so on. It’s the meeting point in Venice (with Erbaria di Rialto).”
Matilde has also described Campo Santa Margherita lived by children and tourists: “It’s amazing to see children playing football in the campo or drawing on the masegni. Of couse, the campo belongs also to the tourists, that have a stop there to drink and eat something”.
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