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Vacation in Venice • March 8-10, 2009
After skiing the Val di Mesdi, we got in the car and drove straight to Venice, where we spent a bit more time hanging out with Mo, Chris, Marc and Rich. |
![]() Mark's mother has long been a theatre director of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operettas. We felt like we had walked on to one of her more elaborate stage sets. |
![]() The weather was cold, the crowds thin. So much the better for exploring this amazing place. Gondolas moored and carefully covered until the busier season begins. |
![]() The town was not entirely deserted of course. A couple of gondoliers find work. |
![]() Looking down on the Basilica di San Marco from the Campanile di San Marco. |
![]() A panel in the Doges Palace. |
![]() La Dolce Vita! |
![]() Even well after Carnaval the ubiquitous masks on sale. |
![]() This shop window finally demonstrated to Kathy why Italian-made shoes are so famous. This looks like the return of a fashion that got waaaaaay out of hand several centuries ago. |
![]() A quiet day in the harbor, seen from the Campanile. |
![]() Another gondola marina awaits warmer weather. |
![]() We enjoyed wandering the quieter residential back streets where school children walked home chatting noisily with friends, parents and grandparents. Here, moth-balled boats wait for their owners to return. |
![]() Near the Accademia, everyone is out trying to squeeze a little warmth out of the low winter sunshine. |
![]() After a last meal together in a charming restaurant tucked away in some cul-de-sac I would never be able to find again (as everything in Venice seems to be), it was time to break up the party at last. |
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