harry s bar. favorite of ernst hemingway, writer, drinker and duck hunter. the house martini is named after him. that s good. stanley. nice to see you. nice to see you too. great to see you. thank you for coming here. glad you are in venice. do you want water, martini? maybe water and martine i ana coffee as well. andre is a venetian historian with a passion for duck and hunting. it was a great tradition of the doge, the ruling authority here in venice, to donate five ducks to every member of the main legislative body in venice. okay. but there were about 1,000 of them. so it meant 5,000 ducks. 5,000 ducks? 5,000 ducks before christmas. so imagine the rush. they had special state-run boats that would go out in the lagoon
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