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After a nearly tearful goodbye at Covo dell’Arimanno, we returned our rental car at Marco Polo Airport
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Our first sight of Venice
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Our first canal near Fondamente Nove
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We dumped our bags and hurried immediately to Murano and had a lovely but very overpriced lunch
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An old clock tower and a modern glass sculpture on Murano
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The west part of the two islands that form Venice proper
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Our first gondola – and as close as we got to riding in one
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Our first gondolier
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This is where we plan to live when we move to Venice – a very modest palazzo
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Church of San Giorgio Maggiore on Giudecca was designed by Palladio
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Waiting for riders
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Piazza San Marco – we did not like the pigeons
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Basilica di San Marco
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The required visit to a café in San Marco – it was damp, freezing cold, we hated the pigeons, and those 2 glasses of wine cost about $40. The music was lovely though.
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Lunch on our first full day in Venice was at this restaurant in the inner courtyard
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The Bridge of Sighs – we got to cross it just like prisoners during our visit to the Doge’s Palace
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A street musician near Campo San Stefano – I am not sure what the instrument is, but it was lovely
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One of the best gelaterie in Venice – we had a light dinner there
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Even in Venice, kids love puddles
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Venice in the rain
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We enjoyed the touches of the modern world in Venice
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We visited Venice during the full moon and a rainy period, so the tides were high and Piazza di San Marco turned into a lake every night
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The Lion of Venice
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We really were there
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OOOOO YUCK!!!!!
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June 2 is Italian Republic Day so all the flags were flying: EU, Italy, Venice
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Gondola traffic jam
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Our last Venice lunch was at this restaurant – in the back right is our lunch’s brother
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Our calle – the yellow sign marks Albergo Barbaria, our home in Venice – next time a palazzo please
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Outside
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Inside
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As close as I could get William to Piazza San Marco for a last look
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Venice from the vaporetto to Lido
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Gondoliers practicing for racing
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The vaporetto stop at Lido
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Venice sunset
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At the well in Campo della Santa Giusta Detta Barbaria (our campo)
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Sun rising over Murano as we go to the airport
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Last look at San Michele, the cemetery island
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Clamdiggers in the Laguna
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