Cat makes herself at home on our "first class" overnight sleeper cabin on the Paris-to-Venice train
Cat getting the hang of traveling by train
Pumped about being in Venice
Exiting the train station - welcome to Venice!
The Grand Canal
Gondola ride on the Grand Canal
Figuring out the vaparetto (public boat) routes - the primary means of transit in Venice
Navigating the Grand Canal
Vaparetto stop
Foggy morning on the lagoon
The Dorsoduro neighborhood, where we stayed
Dorsoduro
Cat walking to our hotel
Cat finds our hotel on San Travoso
San Travoso
Ca San Trovaso, our small boutique-style hotel
Quiet canal bridge
Looking across the lagoon, at La Giudecca
Gondola ride
Gianni Pizzeria in Dorsoduro
Church in Dorsoduro
The Accademia Bridge
Ponte dell' Accademia
The mouth of the Grand Canal, with Santa Maria Della Salute in the background
Andy eating lunch on the Grand Canal; Santa Maria della Salute in the background
Cathy enjoying lunch on a beautiful day under the Accademia Bridge
Gondola ride under the Accademia
A bird drops in on us to pilfer some pizza
Lunch under the Accademia
The Accademia Gallery
The mouth of the Grand Canal
Looking up the Grand Canal from the Accademia Bridge
Cathy on the Accademia Bridge
Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti
Church near the Accademia Bridge
The Accademia
Gondolas on the Grand Canal
Andy navigating the twisting streets of Venice
Walking toward Frari Church
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (Frari Church)
Frari Church
Cathy reading about Frari Church, which was an amazingly beautiful old church
Walking the streets of Venice
Venice
The Ponte di Rialto (Rialto Bridge)
Hotel Rialto
The Rialto Bridge
Shops on the Rialto Bridge
Shops around Rialto
24-hour clock near Rialto
Rialto Bridge
Looking down the Grand Canal from Rialto Bridge
Hotel Rialto and surrounding buildings
Looking up the Grand Canal from Rialto Bridge
Church
Foggy morning near San Marco Square vaparetto stop
Gondolas on the foggy lagoon
Side canal
Column at opening of San Marco Square
Foggy morning in San Marco Square
Andy and Basilica Cattedrale Patriachale di San Marco (St. Mark's Basilica)
Cathy and St. Mark's Basilica
St. Mark's Basilica and Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace)
Campanile di San Marco (St. Mark's Campanile)
St. Mark's Basilica
Cathy on San Marco Square
St. Mark's Campanile
St. Mark's Square
St. Mark's Basilica (under renovation, of course)
Andy inside Doge's Palace courtyard
Cathy inside Doge's Palace
Doge's Palace
The lion of San Marco
Cathy reading about Doge's Palace
The Golden Staircase inside Doge's Palace
Mosaic on St. Mark's Basilica
The dome of St. Mark's
Andy and St. Mark's Square
Cathy at the top of St. Mark's Basilica
Mosaic on St. Mark's
One of the lions of San Marco on St. Mark's Basilica
The lion overlooking the square
Foggy Venice
Marco Polo! (this one's for Doug)
Peaceful breakfast at Ca San Trovaso
Morning on the lagoon
San Marco Square
S. Zaccaria vaparetto stop
Near San Marco
Indeed it did. (?)
The isle of Murano, north of Venice, is home to fine Murano glassmakers and beautiful Venetian glass
Looking back at Venice in the distance from Murano
Murano
Glassmakers on Murano
A glassbower demonstrates his craft
Making a glass horse (look closely)
Glassblowers working on a fine Murano glass chandelier
The main drag of Murano
Cathy on Murano
A glass shop on Murano where we bought a beautiful vase
Leaving Murano
Back at the train station, to start our Grand Canal cruise
Cruising the Grand Canal
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal
A picturesque side canal
The Accademia Bridge from the water
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Looking out into the lagoon
Gondolas on the lagoon
Return to San Marco
San Marco
Andy on San Marco
Fun day on San Marco
St. Mark's Basilica and Doge's Palace
Cathy is a little weirded by the swarm of birds on San Marco (Quoth the raven nevermore!!!)
Late afternoon on San Marco
Cathy on San Marco
Sunset over the lagoon and the Hilton Molino Stucky
Sunset on the lagoon
Us on the vaparetto
Our gondola ride (excuse the quality - it's about the experience)
Our nighttime gondola ride
Lights of Venice twinkle on the Grand Canal
Our gondola
Us on the gondola
Dinner on the Grand Canal
Lasagna and a happy guy
Happy couple on the canal
Rialto at night
Cathy ready to catch a train for Cinque Terre
Venice train station
Andy on the way to Cinque Terre
Cathy leaving Venice
