This day involved walking around the streets of the city and looking for the right things to buy, going to the Doges Palace, taking a ride on a gondola and various other adventures. We began with a ride on the vaporetto ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100001 past many gondolas ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100002 ready for action on our way to the Rialto Bridge ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100003 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100004 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100005 Once there, we found this hat for Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100006 but decided that this one ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100007 fit better. Then we had to find a WC ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100008 like this one. On our walk through the city, we saw this scene ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100009 that seemed necessary for our album. Lunch was at a bar where everyone ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100010 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100011 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100012 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100013 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100015 was happy to be eating and Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100014 gave a water bottle concert to those in the bar and the adjoining pizzeria ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100016 Next we went past the good gelateria ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100018 where we saw this sign in Hebrew ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100017 and past this unique place ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100019 until we reached this store that sold Doges ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100020 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100021 and this unique model ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100022 (notice the photographic effects!). We stopped on the way to our siesta at a cafe where David's menta granita ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100023 was the hit.

We began the afternoon's activities at the Doges' Palace where the interior looks like this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100024 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100034 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100035 and the view includes this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100033 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100036 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100037 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100038 not to mention the weird face ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100025 and the statues of Atlas ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100026 and Hercules ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100029 We weren't allowed up the fancy stairs (since we are human) ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100030 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100031 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100048 which are guarded by Jupiter and Neptune ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100032 and so we had to go up the interior stairs ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100027 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100028 but we did get to see the ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100039 Bridge of Sighs from which we captured these views ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100040 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100041 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100042 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100043 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100044 from both directions and then from the Palace you can view out to the harbor in these nice ways ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100045 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100046 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100047

Next came the gondola ride. Our driver seemed to be in control ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100049 which made all of us happy ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100050 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100051 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100052 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100053 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100054 This led to an orgy of photography including views on the boat ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100055 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100056 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100057 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100060 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100078 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100091 the church of the Madonna ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100058 because she saved them from a plague that killed 1/3 of the Venetians and views of other gondolas ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100059 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100062 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100063 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100064 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100067 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100068 and of buildings along the canal ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100061 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100065 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100066 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100079 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100080 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100089 including the fanciest hotel in town ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100069 and the place where a few Doges lived ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100070 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100071 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100072 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100073 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100074 with a mosaic made of Murano glass and the postal service ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100075 and a bridge ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100076 at the closed museum Suzanne had hoped to visit and the places where Lord Byron ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100077 and Mozart ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100090 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100092 lived. We turned at the Rialto bridge ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100081 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100082 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100083 which we have visited before into a narrow canal ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100084 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100086 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100087 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100088 that had buildings in the modern Venetian style ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100085 and a movie theater ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100093 playing M-I-2. One bridge was particularly hard to navigate ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100094 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100095 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100096 before we got back and headed to our dinner.

After a few pictures ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100097 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100098 at Harry's Bar we headed off to dinner where everyone was tired and hungry ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100099 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100100 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100101 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100102 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100103 Suzanne and David were quite happy ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100104 and the waiter fell in love with Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100105 En route back to the hotel, we had what might be our last gelato in Italia ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7100106