Venice

What to say about Venice?? My first impressions were that Venice was being loved to death. This is not the busiest time of year and already the town is full of tourists. After some hours of wandering I came to appreciate Venice. We found some quieter areas and really enjoyed the efficiency of the transport system ( vaporetti) and a town with no cars. Fantastic and beautiful, “no theme park creator could up with this result of 1400 years of extraordinary history” from Lonely Planet.

A street in Venice

Cars are killing Europe. The air pollution is poor to very bad on most days especially in Northern Italy. The traffic is not so bad in Italy but a huge problem in UK. When and if cars become a thing of the past then Venice is a good place to look for solutions. Of course not every town can have a canal system but a public transport system that replicates theirs would be a first step in the right direction.

We came to a dead end

San Marco Piazza

From above

Looking at the Duomo from the middle of San Marco Piazza

This clock tell you the time, the moon phase, and the zodiac

A Canavale mask


Sweet shop

The Garbage team loading bags of garbage onto a boat. The Italians like a uniform even the garbos have one.

Gondolier (this one is for you Pam)

Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canal

We really enjoyed Peggy Guggenheim Collection of Modern Art (well not so modern 1900 to 1960s) where we saw some Picasso, Dali, Pollack, Ernst, Moore and many others.

Lastly, pigeons in San Marco Piazza, it's a hard life