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
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 :)
ReplyDeleteI 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 ....
ReplyDeleteGreat photos! Very artistic and full of joy... Makes you want to be there! Keep on!
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