 Arriving in Venice |
 The entrance to St. Mark's Square, with the palace of the Doges on right. |
 The Bridge of Sighs, from the Doges Palace to the prison |
 The Campinile and St. Mark's Square |
 Palace of the Doges |
 Leaning tower--not in Pisa |
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 Alan, Tony and Felicity, new friends from England |
 Back in wonderful Venice again! |
 Our walk towards the Grand Canal begins. |
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 Tossing the trash |
 Fish market |
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 The Grand Canal |
 Vaporetto (water taxi) stop |
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 The water looks pretty high already. |
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 Traghetto stop, where small boats ferry people back and forth across the canal. |
 Rialto Bridge |
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 La Salute Church is getting a facelift. (Church of St. Mary of Good Health) |
 La Salute Cathedral |
 In front of Harry's Bar |
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 The bar at Harry's Bar |
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 A Bellini (champagne and peaches) and cappucino |
 Now we can say we've been here! |
 Entering St. Mark's Square |
 St. Mark's Cathedral |
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 Great little cafe which was recommended in a book I read, "1000 Days in Venice." |
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 Shrimp and pasta |
 Don't bother me while I'm eating! |
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 La Polizia |
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 Driving boats in the rain |
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 Inside the Salute cathedral |
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 Fresh vegetable merchant |
 Venetian masks |
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 Gondola factory |
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 Making the gondolas |
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 Walking back to where the ship is docked, we decide to take a round trip down the canal with the vaporetto once more. |
 Police boat parking lot |
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 Rialto Bridge |
 Tourists getting a good shot |
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 Skull sculpture in front of a modern art museum |
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 Beautiful murals on this building |
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 Church of San Giorgio Maggiore |
 Crewing practice |
 The wooden Accademia Bridge |
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 Coming home |
 Bob with his favorite maitre'd who was from Croatia |
 Sunset, our last evening in Venice and the ending of our cruise. |
 Ice floes as we flew over Greenland on our way home. |