On the Southside of Piazza San Marco which Napoleon called the living room of Europe and the locals simply refer to as „la Piazza“ you find the Procuries, an arcaded structure of almost 200 yards that houses the oldest café on the European continent, called „Caffe Florian“, founded in the year of 1683.

320 years later I am sitting in the Florian taking my eyes off the tourist flock on the sunny Piazza looking at the arcades in the shade...