Venice, Italy

Welcome to Venice!

Yep, that is snow.  Snow in Venice.  Apparently they get snow about three times every winter.  And it is winter after all.

Down that dark alley is my hotel.  Here is what it looks like during the day:

Here is the room:

Here is Venice:

And now for the Gondola Ride!

And now it is time to go under the Rialto Bridge!

In the “back alleys” you can see the delivery boats that supply everyone.

The only way to see the Bridge of Sighs is by boat!

This is the San Giorgio church:

Ducal Palace, 1361:

Wasn’t that a nice gondola ride? 

Right across the canal from our hotel room Mozart rented this building and so there is now a tribute to him:

Here is the view out of our window:

San Marco square.  You know, Marco Polo.

Here of course is American culture polluting the local culture:

This is the street our hotel is on:

Here is a view of our hotel window from the street/canal vantage point:

Here is where we bought our masks:

Here is a concert hall near our hotel that was built for Napolean:

Venice is a wonderful place!