It’s a short trip to Pleasanton, CA (5 days) to spend some time with an old traveling companion and her family. We’ll also do some museums in San Francisco, just a short hop away.
Our first museum trip is to the SFO Legion of Honor to see an exhibition centered on Casanova. This has turned out to be much more interesting than I had anticipated. I had a picture, as apparently do most, of the roué and little else.
What I found was a hugely successful con man as well. He apparently was a brilliant thinker and spent time educating himself in person with many of the great thinkers and powers of the day. Among them the kings of France & England and the Pope.
Pictured above are three pieces of beautiful furniture that were part of the exhibit. The first is a caravan that carried him about Venice. Also included were many paintings by renowned artists of the era.
All in all it made me want to learn more about this remarkable, If dissolute, man
Traveling Jim 