Venice - Day One

From Florence, we traveled to Venice. Don't have a lot to say other than we greatly enjoyed our return to this unique city on the water.  Everybody knows Venice has waterways and gondolas instead of streets and taxis. So we'll dispense with those photos to get them out of the way, 

then focus on other images that caught my eye. Enjoy...

A foggy morning along the canal

Fog lifted, leaving the paver stones wet.

Canal view

Of course a photo of gondolas

Were granted access to a special overlook of the Grand Canal

Still a morning mist hanging in the air

Typical little walkway bridges in Venice

When you take a gondola ride, you don't think 

that you might be in someone's backyard, seeing a clothes line.

In every main tourist area, there are street vendors selling 

"Original Italian Art Paintings" ,

printed in China.

Then there is Saint Mark's Square (Piazza San Marco), the heart of Venice.

Caught the afternoon sun casting a shadow 

over the people in the square.

Italians dine late at night, normally around 9 pm.

Many dine with family or friends, 

others dine alone

That wraps up Day One in Venice. Tomorrow we search for a few places 

away from the normal tourist scene.

CCjon