Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Venice, Italy - May 2011: Part 2

The second set of photos from my recent holiday in Venice with my Mum.

S.Elena



San Pietro di Castello, complete with saintly remains in a glass coffin over the altar

"Who, me?"









Via Garibaldi

Some artists at work







Mum and friend Deborah

An Egret

The grand entrance to the hospital

Ambulance, Venetian-style



Isola di San Michele (the cemetery island)













The Lido from the back of the vaporetto



The biggest of all the ocean liners that we saw

Me photographing glass animals on Murano

Murano

Burano, the most colourful island in the lagoon

































The giant ice-cream outside La Pinguina, where we bought many ices :)

Breakfast

Back of a seat on the vaporetto
(some things are universal!)


Gondolas full of (mainly Japanese) tourists, as far as the eye can see







Some interesting art near Crea vaporetto stop in Cannaregio

the house owner returned as I was taking the photo, and said it was "molto bene"











Paradiso at Giardini Biennale, sadly only discovered on the penultimate day

Spritz + view + sun + good book = BLISS

Another big boat departs Venice







Mum painting the view



Viale Garibaldi



From the back of the water taxi - arrivederci Venezia!

see also Part 1






3 comments:

  1. Lovely to see Venice anew through your eyes, hope staying there has helped lift you up again. I think the lions are a good omen :)

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  2. I like what you said about the lions Cat :) Not feeling great, not feeling too bad, a bit of emotional limbo if you know what I mean ....

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  3. Great photos! Very artistic and full of joy... Makes you want to be there! Keep on!

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