Venice, the city on waters, July 2007

3 days with our daughter Carolyn


a view from our hotel room
boats passing
very nice to wake up to their sound
down our "street"

still from our window
our ceiling
out Carolyn's window

anything goes
from Carolyn's window
looking the other way
and her ceiling

more of our appartment
on the first night
then we had to move
one floor down


from the bathroom
looking toward the canal
or the shower

and the toilet
and people walking about
minding their own business
turning the corner

under the bridge
one of 8 bridges
one had to cross
from the train station

to our hotel
Here are some examples
of bridges
They are lovely

especially if you don't have
any suitcases to carry
as we did when we moved in
and when we moved out

3 days later
Carolyn with her mom
after we rested a bit
from moving in

gelato abounds
with her Daddy
you can park anywhere
the question is

how does one get
to some of those boats
For example
Here at sundown

the doggy lost his ball
and the good master
let him have it:)
some other dogs don't get loose

Even grass grows in Venice
not much
Mostly water and our 1st gondola
I'm on the hunt of gondolas

and cute bridges
and some nice facades
so forgive all these
mostly redundant pictures

Have to get this snap shot
when there are both
facades and other things
Our 1st dinner

the fish was filet at our table
After dinner we pass
by a gallery
with nice sculptures

then sit in a cafe
at Saint Marco Piazza
and listen
to a concert

till midnight
In the morning
people get ready
for their work day

and we just keep on walking
and catching more bridges
after a nice breakfast
served in our room

On the Realto bridge
another nice sculpture
and gondolas passing by
full or empty

Some are waiting
for customers
Opera singers getting customers too
and life goes on in the merry city

We finally made it back
to saint Marco Piazza
admiring the cathedral
and the pigeons

and the people
who feed the pigeons
just for a snap shot
Some are getting in lines

We are looking for ours
we are going to
the Doges palace
and museum

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Long lines there too
so we wait
until we get in
into the court yard

memorable
We can even see it
from the windows
above

I'm more interested
in roofs
and such
that I can see

from the windows
of the Doges palace
The Doges
like the Mediccis in Florence

were the ruling elite
and governed the area
around the renaissance time
from Medieval ages

wonderful little views
from the cracks in the windows
in the dungeons
or prison

where prisonners were kept
behind iron gates
and cold walls
hardly any light

I wouldn't want to be here
but for a fast peak
it's ok
on the way out

wells are all over
and more bridges
of course
from secret locations









getting out of the palace
finally
a gondola on display
gondolas port








amazing how gondoliers stare only from the right

no matter
what direction
they are going to
and no accidents

that I know of:)



someone famous on a horse
and who is on this bridge?
if not Joel and Care?
waiting for me:)


poor Joel who never gets
photographed
except today:)








it seemed like a nice lunch place

but no tables for 3:(
anywhere nice
oh well
we won't starve

























endless walking
until we find a market place
for care to shop
and for us to sit down

and have some coffee
among all the masks
and glass
and souvenirs

so much to choose from
that we delay
to tomorrow
when we'll visit

the Island of glass







In the meantime Joel snores



















walking back home
i.e., hotel
to take a rest
in our new appartment

one floor down
I can even sit on the window sill
and watch those boats from closer
and joke w Care

who is in a good mood
See the new ceiling
Changing clothes
for our night escapade

Care is always in jeans
maybe a cleaner one
and here we are
ordering off the menu

fish
and sea food
and more
sea food

and fish
cut nextdoor
talking to our Turkish neighbors
Next morning

taking a boat
to Murano
the island
where they make glass

as in the old days
the fumes emitted were
too dangerous for Venice
so the glass production

was moved away
Nowadays
it doesn't matter
as technology improved

After 30 minutes
we dock
and watch
how they make

different vases
Keep visiting the island
with its galleries
and usual canals

a whole xmas tree made of glass


more glass production

and we come back enriched
with a few purchases
not before
we sit down to our 2nd lunch

fixed menues
I eat fish and pasta
and watch the water
Joel and Care

eat meat and pasta
Care prefers beef
I prefer fish
and the bird will eat anything












I take more pictures
on the way back
How can I stop?
Luckily

I'm getting tired of it




another well


this is in Hebrew!

oops...up side down
just turn the computer

or sit backwards
I mean head down
we are at Peggy Guggenheim grave
She's buried with all her dogs

among the many sculptures she accumulated
looking over Venice main canal
Nice to be rich
the art she collected is superb

I could only take pix of the outside
like here
Now going back
to our hotel

or close enough
I sit in the back of the boat
great view
could stay here a few more days

as didn't see all the bridges
and didn't pass under many
nor taken a gondola
this time around
























Off the boat
and walking back 		to rest before dinner

our last one in Venice



from my window I hear gondoliers singing
this guy is resting right there

st margarita campo
a student hang out
last dinner
nice piazza

near some university
that's the students bar
they just hang around
and drink

while
we do the same
bye venice
we enjoyed it much

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on the train to Venise from Rome