Article "Vanishing Venice: A City Swamped by a Sea of Tourists" published in International herald tribune during the 2006 EAJRS Annual Conference, which I mentioned to some of the participants, is also found at URL http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/world/europe/01venice.html?ex=11604528.... Just for your information.
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Unbearable
I took some time to visit Rialto/San Marco Saturday afternoon. Not a very good idea, as it was almost unbearably crowded, in contrast to the area we had the conference in. Venice is a great city, let's hope it remains a real city.