All good things must end, and so ends our 40 day, 9 city tour through northern Italy and Austria. There is not doubt that Venice is a place to visit. It is so usual. The fact that some people thought to build a city in 100+ islands in the middle of a lagoon is strange.
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| Fruit and fish market at Rialto. Went for an early morning walk, no t many tourists but the local busy. |
Plenty of seafood, as you would expect from a fishing village. Fresh fruit and vegetables every morning from all over Europe at the markets. All ship in by boats.
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| Monument in front of the cemetery island on the way over to Murano. |
People will tell you about the glass at Murano, but until you get here you have NO idea of how much.
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| Canal at Murano |
Murano is a short bus ride (by boat) across a canal to another couple of islands. The forced the glass makers off the main islands in fear of fire.
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| The obligatory ride in a gondola, but it is not worth the money. |
The gondola ride is very quiet. To see in the back streets of Venice is an experience,but it is expensive. $80 for the gondola for 40 mins if you are lucky.
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| Sunset across the Grand Canal. |
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| Our Last Supper in Venice.. |
A very different dinner. Food was good, the tide was in and the canal not so busy. Gold foil on my desert, got Amy's attention.
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| Crappy T-Shirts to remember the trip. |
A cheap memory of our time here. Wait the the rest of the kids get theirs!
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