Earlier this month I made my annual trip to Venice. I really did not want to come home this time I had such a nice time. So let's see some pics - I took nearly 2500 pics in 5 days LOL so there will have to be more than one post - here is the city first.
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| Lake Garda from the air. |
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Venice from the plane as it landed - always get
yourself a seat on the RHS of the plane to
see the islands. |
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A zoom in - you can see San Georgio Maggiore
in the middle and The Salute to the far left. |
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Rialto Bridge/Grand Canal from the airport boat
- pity about the ugly graffiti - why??? |
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Getting further up the Grand Canal away from
the Rialto - the sunset gave a glorious warm glow. |
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Approaching The Salute - this new boat route
(Linea Arancha) from the airport is great except
you do not get to see the famous Venice front. |
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Sunset on the Grand Canal - the baggage was
delayed an hour at the airport, so this was the
resulting bonus!! |
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| Passing right by The S Maria de la Salute bathed in the sunset glow. |
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| Sunset at S Georgio Maggiore. |
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First beautiful sunny morning
looking across to S Georgio Mag |
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| The Doges Palace - fab blue sky too! |
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| The Campanile and Basilica S Marco |
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My avian breakfast companion on day 2!
He was right outside the window. |
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The Campanile and Piazza S Marco from
inside the Museo Correr. |
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| Inside the Museo Correr |
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Piazza S Marco at night complete with stage
for Carnevale events. |
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| The Campanile (bell tower) |
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I went up the Campanile and this is the
Torre de Horologico seen from up there! |
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| San Georgio from The Campanile. |
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| Doges Palace from The Campanile. |
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| The S Maria de la Salute from The Campanile. |
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One of the many big bells up the tower -
thankfully it was just after 11am!!! |
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| The Rialto Bridge from ground level. |
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| The Grand Canal near The Rialto. |
