Monday, September 16, 2013

Summer trip to Germany, Austria and Italy, 2013 ----- Part 2: Venice


Piazza San Marco, Venice

Piazza San Marco, Venice

Piazza San Marco, Venice

Off the Piazza San Marco, Venice

Looking towards the distant Lido, Piazza San Marco, Venice

Masks, a favorite souvenir from Venice

Store window, Venice

Lena's favorite church, the little Santa Maria dei Miracoli, completely in marble!

Santa Maria dei Miracoli

Outside the Santa Maria dei Miracoli

Outside the Santa Maria dei Miracoli

Vaporetto waiting room, Canal Grande

Vaporetto leaving

Vaporetto arriving

Vaporetto captain

Canal Grande from the Vaporetto

Canal Grande from the Vaporetto

Full steam ahead

A minor traffic jam

Rialto Bridge, Canal Grande

Minor waterway

Not only gondolas...

Canal Grande

 
Watching the Gondolieri: Their skill to propel and steer is impressive

Hard to grasp: literally everything ships in and out of Venice by waterways

Venice

Venice

Titian: Mary's Assumption, Basilica S.Maria Gloriosa, Venice

Tintoretto - The Passion of Christ

Canal Grande

Time to leave Venice...
 

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