Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) "Attenzione, te waina!" He kōrero tawhito tēnei i te kāinga o Weir, nā ngā kapu kirihou o Chianti, he piriti iti, me tētahi kaihautū waka e huaina ana ko Marco. I pakaru i tana ngārara āwangawanga te whakairo i a māua ko taku wahine e kopikopiko ana, e ngārara ana, e ngārara ana, i te pō tuatahi ki Venice. I taku korerotanga ki toku papa ka kawe ahau i taku wahine ki Itari mō tā mātau huritau tuatahi, ka hūhū ia. "Kei hea koe ki te kawe i a ia mō tōu tekau? Ko te marama?" I tika tana whakaaro. He tino pai. Ko ngā kukupa i San Marco, ko te tohuringa o te rā i runga i te Grand Canal, ko Bellini me ngā cheeseburgers i Harry's. I uru atu a Venice ki roto i tō mātou toto i taua haerenga. Engari i roto i ngā tau mai i tērā wā, kua rongo au i ngā kōrero rerekē mai i ngā tāngata i hoki mai i tō rātou haerenga tuatahi ki La Serenissima nā te mea he nui rawa ngā mea e rua o te taone o te wai me te aroha. He nui rawa te wai, he nui rawa hoki nga hoa aroha. Na te mea ko tēnei taone nui o ngā whare rangatira me ngā whare karakia i hangaia ki runga i ngā pou rākau i whakaekehia ki te papa paru o te roto, kua āta heke iho a Venice mai i te wā i kōkiri a Casanova ki raro i ōna awaawa. I te wa i whakamahia ai nga wai nui hei hanga i nga tipu hinu nui i runga i te tuawhenua tata, ka tere ake te heke o Venice. Katahi ka kite te iwi kei te piki haere te taumata moana. I ngā tau 1920, e tata ana ki te 400 ngā wā o acqua alta, he wai tiketike rānei, i te wā e rere ana te ranunga tika o ngā rerenga me ngā hau i ngā rori wai ki runga ki ngā kāinga me ngā toa i ngā wāhanga o raro o te taone. I ngā tau 1990, e 2,400 ngā tūtukitanga - ā, ka whakatūria ngā rekoata hou ia tau. Engari, he mahere ta nga Itariana. E kiia ana ko te Kaupapa MOSE. Ko MOSE he kupu poto mō "Experimental Electromechanical Module", engari koia hoki te kupu Itari mō Mohi, he tangata e mōhiotia ana mō te wehe i te moana, me te tiaki i te hunga pono. He pūnaha o ngā tatau nui e 78 kua whakairihia ki runga i ngā hinges i runga i te papa moana. Ka whakakiia ngā tatau ki te hau, ā, ka hangaia kia piki ake, kia waihanga i tētahi taiepa moana ā-wā. Mai i te whakatūnga o te mahere, kua tino hiahia ngā taone iti mai i Miami ki Mumbai ki te kite mēnā ka taea te mahi o te whakaaro. Kei te tatari tonu te katoa: Kua 10 tau te roa o te MOSE, ā, e $5 piriona...
Ko Venice, Itari, e heke haere ana. Kei te whakamātautau te taone i tētahi pūnaha hou hei whawhai i te pikinga o te tai. Ka haere a Bill Weir, kaihautū CNN ki te taone o Itari mō tētahi wāhanga o "The Wonder List"