Venice

I don't have a lot to say about Venice. It is completely car-free, breathtakingly beautiful, crushingly expensive, and would have no reason to exist anymore but for the tourists near as I can tell. So, enjoy some pretty pictures.








That green shutter is our room. Which was so slanted it was hard to stay in bed. Yup, Venice she is sinking.



Further proof:



More random, pretty pictures











A boat selling vegetables



Artichoke hearts



Here we are on the lovely Piazza San Marco:






Here is Ardbeg posing on a door knob on the Basilica San Marco.





The awesome thing about this is that after T took her photo but before I could retrieve Ardbeg, one of the bajillion other tourists took the same photo, with Ardbeg. Won't she be surprised when she gets home and looks at her photos!

Murano




Glass art shoes




We took a little walk through the ghetto. All of Venice's Jews were deported during the war. There are something like 27 Jews living there now.




There were some very powerful monuments.







There were several Jewish bakeries. This one had handmade matzo.






This stuffed licorice is apparently a Venice specialty.



And, in the wtf file: