The view from our hotel window in Venezia. OK, every view is not worthy of a picture postcard.
A typical Venezian canal
The cemetary of Venezia, well separated from the regular city. This may be worth a visit sometime in the future.
Floating up to Murano, the glass island.
Murano
Murano...those are glass flowers.
Murano....a floating vegetable market.
Chiesa di San Pietro on Murano.
The Coma di Vetro, a cool glass sculpture on Murano.
A very short door on Murano.
Burano, the lace island. What a contrast from Venezia!
Burano
Burano has a leaning tower too, but it doesn't get the attention of its counterpart in Pisa.
One of the laceworking ladies of Burano
Fisherman's nets on Burano
View of the Venezia lagoon from Burano.
A Burano fisherman working on his nets.
Sunset over the Venezia lagoon.
Cool Carnavale costumes.
Piazza San Marco
More cool Carnavale costumes.
The famous shrubbery lion.
More cool Carnavale costumes. This one's actually a man....
The suspended acrobat floating over the crowds in Piazza San Marco.
One of many bands wandering the island.
Interesting umbrella lamp.
Giraffes walking through the crowd...these are actually people on elaborate stilts.
Here you can see the man's face peaking out through the giraffe costume.
The Barefoot Band.
A gondolier of Venezia.
La Chiesa Salute.
On the Grand Canal.
Ca' Rezzonica.
Ca' Rezzonica. Yes, those are both men.
Ca' Rezzonica. These gardens were possibly the only grass we saw on Venezia.
Ancient Venezian children's playground.
Venezian wildlife.
These wells are all over the place. Since Venezia was built in a salt lagoon, there is no fresh ground water. The city couldn't start growing until they figured out an elaborate system to collect rainwater and distribute it through the city by way of these sorts of wells.
Another cool Carnavale costume.
The Ponte dell' Accademia
Street musicians
Display of antique string instruments in a church.
Street musician
The high altar in the Basilica...this is all real gold and jewels, looted from places all over the Mediterranean.
More loot in the Basilica.
Saintly relics...those are arm bones.
More saintly relics.
Near Piazza San Marco.
Piazza San Marco.
The Basilica
Street drama near Piazza San Marco.
Statues near Piazza San Marco.
View from the terrazzo of the Basilica.
Smurf band in the Piazza.
Pigeons enjoying the view of the Piazza from the Basilica.
Hmm....who is my next target?
Approaching the Jewish Ghetto.
This scary-looking entryway goes into the Ghetto.
Entry to one of the three synagogues in the Ghetto.
The only piazza of any size in the Ghetto.
In the Ghetto.
Jewish delicacies in the Ghetto.
Another entryway to the Ghetto. Contrast this with the next photo, which is the street from which the entryway opens.
The street from which the entryway to the Ghetto opens.
The Barefoot Band again.
A forlornly empty Piazza San Marco after the Sunday festivities.
