1 Euro to feed the pigeons... but feed them what?
Pigeon and Gryphon
Over the door of Basilica San Marco
Over the over the door...
Not a canal, just a flood
It's a fake! The real bronze horses are inside.
I have no idea what that building is...
From the Basilica looking over the Doge's Palace
St Mark on Pillar (left) and the original Venetian saint on pillar (right) you know, the one who killed the dragon, but not St George or St Michael... the other one... Theo somebody
Frontal of the Doge's Palace
Bell Tower in front of the Basilica. It's a fake too! The original collapsed in 1902.
Yes Robin was really here...
You have to stand right close to read that book...
Our Hotel. Our room: 3rd floor, green shutters, above the woman
Apparently the only canal where you can see the bell tower from
Gondolieri use buildings to compensate for having only one oar.
Gondolieri often stop and chat on the canals, often loudly
some church and bell tower, on one of the Islands across from Venice proper... we never made it to this one but it looked nice
The bridge of Sighs, taken from on a Gondola
The back door to the Doge's palace. Or is it the front door?
Gondolas are apparently made out of 7 types of wood
The same canal as before, but with extra gondola
A traffic jam coming out onto the Grand canal.
Purple!
but they have blue and green on the other bank
The Rialto bridge, the main crossing over the Grand Canal. They have shops on it and everything.
A rare moment of peace on the grand canal
Gondolas are the way to travel.
The dome of the basilica from inside the Doge's Palace -- originally it was his private chapel
Also from the courtyard in the palace
This is just a staircase, the Golden Staircase is inside.... (currently undergoing renovation)
Sunset from the first floor balcony of the Palace