OK, Here it is. The monster Venice Post.
If you have never been to Venice (the one in Italy, not the 1000s of places with little more water than a puddle that call themselves Venice) GO.
Take an afternoon, leave the map, walk, getting lost will take care of itself.
We had an apartment just off the Piazza San Marco, and while steps away from the crowds, was very quiet.
St. Marks Cathedral, one of the showcases of Venice.
A Venetian street at "Rush Hour"
The Grand Canal as seen from the Rialto Bridge.
Piazza San Marco, with the Cathedral and the Bell Tower.
The Cousins.
The tunnel and alley that lead to our apartment.
Detail of the towers, and mosaics on the Right side of St. Marks Cathedral.
The Doge's Palace (Ducal Palace)
The Astronomical Clock, with the winged lion, the symbol of Venice.
Mosaic on the entrance to St. Marks.
Door to St. Marks with the lion door knockers - the lion is the symbol for St. Mark.
Venice at dusk, looking from the Piazza San Marco, across the grand canal to the basilica santa maria della salute. This church was built as a great big "Thank You" by those Venetians still alive after the plague. The flying buttresses are all spirals ... very cool.
Glass from the famed factories of Murano
The Piazza San Marco as seen from the bell tower
Our family as seen from the front of the camera.
The public entrance to the ducal palace, the grand staircase in the background. Yes that's another winged lion.
The often photographed bridge of sighs, so named as it connects the prisons to the law courts in the Ducal Palace; convicted prisoners got their last glimpses of freedom from the two square windows inset into the bridge.
Omnipresent Venetian masks - We thought this one looked like the "Evil Queen"
Venetian sunset, taken from the Venetian water bus - or Vaparetto.
On the island of Murano, a show(off) piece.
The understated elegance of a Murano chandelier.
The island of Burano, famed for it's lace making and the ability to use up everyone else's 1/2 empty cans of paint. There must be a by-law that no two houses can be painted the same colour.
The courtyard inside the Ducal Palace, that borders the south façade of St. Marks Basilica, which used to be the private church for the Doges.
Mars and Neptune, welcome you to the Doge`s palace. We`ll be here all century, enjoy the veal.
The golden staircase inside the palace.
SIGH.
Sometimes you just have to go with the flow.
Marble tile work on the floor of St. Marks Basilica, very intricate, very hard to do, very expensive...and that was the point.
Nice Knockers!
Our Gondola, and Gondolier.
Alexandra et. al.
Rachel is _very_ pleased to be on the Gondola. Sarah is about to burst out laughing.
The Rialto bridge - this used to be the point of tax collection for all goods coming into Venice by land (the Customs house near the Piazza San Marco, was the one for goods coming by sea). Now it is the place to spend, spend, spend...and of course pay tax.
Marco.........Polo.........Houseo.
Cassanova`s place, now the post office. There is something very wrong about that.
Murano glass ....orchestra
Murano glass....bugs.
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