Pictures of 07.09.00 -- Venice

Venice Day 2
We started our next day in Venice with a visit to San Marco Piazza ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090001 where we considered engaging in pigeon chasing and feeding ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090002 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090003 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090004 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090005 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090006 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090007 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090008 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090009 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090010 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090012 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090014 and waiting for the bells to toll ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090011 ( they never did ). On the way to the vaporetto, we passed this construction ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090013 and the Bridge of Sighs ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090015
We took a lot of boats today with the water looking like this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090016 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090024 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090025 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090030 the houses like this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090017 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090021 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090022 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090023 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090031 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090032 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090034 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090035 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090036 and the other boats like this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090018 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090019 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090020 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090026 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090027 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090028 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090029 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090033 before we got off at this stop ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090039 on the island of Murano where they cook glass in ovens ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090037 like this one and children sit around ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090038 while their mothers look at glass. ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090040 We found a phone booth ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090041 on the way to lunch where this waiter ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090043 took a picture of all of us ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090042 sitting by the canal and we then took our individual pictures ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090044 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090045 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090046 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090047 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090048 and had wonderful vegetable soup ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090050 seafood with polenta ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090051 spaghetti burro ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090052 fettuccine verdura ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090053 spaghetti ragu ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090054 and insalata mista ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090055 while this pigeon watched ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090056
Seeing these people on the opposite of the canal ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090049 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090057 inspired Jane and Benjamin to walk across the bridge ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090058 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090059 take these pictures of us ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090060 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090061 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090062 and then walk back. ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090065 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090064 Maybe they had too much ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090063 wine? When we explored the island, we found this glass statue ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090066 of the Madonna to protect the port and this set of real Venetian blinds ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090067 On the way back, we saw this ambulance ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090069 If they don't make it in time, a notice like these is posted ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090068 and you are buried on this island ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090070
We then walked back to the hotel through alleys as narrow as this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090071 and found this Pokemon display ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090072 in one of them.
Our evening excursion began with a visit to San Marco where Jane and Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090073 bought pigeon food and practiced feeding the pigeons ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090074 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090075 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090076 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090077 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090078 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090079 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090080 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090081 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090082 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090083 It was high tide, so the basilica ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090084 was hard to get to, but not the tops of these statues ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090085 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090086 It was also chilly so we bought these sweatshirts from this man ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090087 who unfortunately didn't carry Benjamin's size.
Dinner was indoors because it was cold but we were all eager to eat ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090088 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090089 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090090 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090091 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090092 especially when the vegetables and cheese came ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090093 (best cheese I've ever had) along with the gnocchi ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090094 (new shape for us).
We actually used this phone booth ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090095 for a call and then took some pictures off the boat on the way home ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090096 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090097 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090098 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090099 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.08-11.00Venice//P7090100 to be made into possible future post cards.