Ordering a smoothie.
Randomly you stumble across things when you get lost in Venice.
You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?
When you want to use a supermarket cart, you must insert a Euro in order to take a cart, but when you are done shopping, you could just hook your cart back up to the cart before it and take your Euro back.
Paolo Sarpi (1552 – 1623) was an Italian patriot, scholar, scientist and church reformer. He was the first to prepare maps of the moon and to observe that the red light which is seen around it during an eclipse is sunlight reflected from the earth's surface.
Small dogs are popular in Venice. We only saw one alley cat. I guess cats really do hate water.
San Geremia holds the body of Santa Lucia who was martyred in Syracuse AD 304. Her body was stolen by Venetian merchants from Constantinople in 1204 and moved to San Geremia after the Palladian church of Santa Lucia was demolished to make way for the train station.
A rare glimpse of green in this city.
Writing post cards.
Church of Santa Maria di Nazareth (1660 - 1705). The only Carrara marble facade in the city. Designed by Giuseppe Sardi.
Seeing green was cause for shooting a picture.
Most squares have a well in the center (now sealed). The well contains rainwater that seeps down through the floor in the square. Since Venice is at sea level without access to streams, this provided them fresh water.
We sat in the Campo San Barnaba for a snack of hot chocolate, cappucino, and chips.
I snapped shots of people while Beth explored. This conversation went on for quite a while.
These folks are on their way home from a hard day of work.
The middle nun chastised me with a wagging finger and a smile for taking pictures of them.
No flu vaccine for you!
A frame shop
We ate next door, but this place also looked good.
Grilled Veggies
The only mussels I've had that tasted good. Mmm, steamy!
Our first really good dinner.
Tuna steak
A palace on the Canal Grande lit up at night.
