http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html Visiting Venice for a day is a bit like going to a theme park: confined, as it is to many small islands, with lots of people, impressive sights, and an exotic boat rides. We would have to stay for a week to get beyond the Piazza San Marco to find the rhythm of the city, something that is easily acquired in places like Prague. http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#0 b7683843-acf8-4ece-ad9b-b0db46956118 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/IMG_0002/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/IMG_0002/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Our iPhone showed us where we were.</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#1 2ba75d80-b398-4cd0-8393-b503d8cf49aa http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280510/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280510/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">After a drive into Venice, the vaporetto to town.</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#2 6b9dc9cd-88a4-4bd9-a826-d9a78f5069ae http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280512/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280512/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Lovely morning...</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#3 e2185df9-b0fa-4ebe-a98b-55d343e8a350 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280560/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280560/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">...lovely scene...</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#4 b02522b0-65a4-4eb7-8093-72281a4ada47 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280561/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280561/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">...in closeup.</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#5 56645c98-095d-491f-8d24-bca5264b05a5 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280575/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280575/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"/></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#6 01e159e7-1bbd-40bf-bda4-d75296c201c5 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280621/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280621/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Stairs to the Doge’s Palace...</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#7 a37f41b0-8a10-4ec1-b1bd-6b6bfd4b2172 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280676%20%281%29/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280676%20%281%29/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">...known as the <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Giant’s Staircase</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#8 5a057ed7-a0e3-486e-92bc-1f6f3c6a917e http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280647/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280647/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">In the upper </p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#9 b37b420c-9d7b-4606-b597-9d432c546fb6 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280631/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280631/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Basilica San Marco from the Doge’s Palace</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#10 68dc1e8a-8045-42e2-979d-10380173ca9e http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280646/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280646/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Slot for accusatory letters to the Venetian officials.</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#11 193df7c0-1a25-48aa-a143-2a28be8f1f29 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280711/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280711/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The Venetian Lion and Book atop the clock tower</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#12 91832adb-be9d-4812-b11b-0f07a90f57c0 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280755%20%281%29/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280755%20%281%29/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">From the far end of the Piazza</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#13 5c45d8f1-806b-4c7b-a430-181fa27efaf3 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280740/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280740/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The crowds</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#14 5b8c9a8a-beba-4eed-94d4-d231ef5736e8 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280756/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280756/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Entrance to San Marco</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#15 c0d24459-c39d-49e7-ae9c-b0e7922e9703 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280704/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280704/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Up close the barricades spoil the facade</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#16 e880f89f-f524-462f-9dc9-f8a0d0d0ed58 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280683%20%281%29/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280683%20%281%29/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Detail of the Basilica</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#17 eed7547c-f7a0-42cc-b705-12218713b939 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280783/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280783/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">At the end of the Piazza</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#18 94d87b33-bb18-4c62-abf6-a8c3151ce83b http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280798/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280798/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"/></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#19 33df359a-bd5d-4549-8777-4d724b5b0cca http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280787/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280787/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">At the edge of the Piazza</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#20 241f08d5-9e60-42e7-88f0-385c18298782 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280809/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280809/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">For hire...</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#21 b9191fe5-3c8e-46de-8efc-a256a6d5c4e7 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280761/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280761/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">...hired</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#22 1f4267f3-83f1-499c-8d41-6d5d4d2ca006 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280776/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280776/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Call 800-GONDOLA</p></div></div> http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice.html#23 39f6db24-d296-4ee9-b750-3c2a95b6f025 http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280815%20%281%29/thumb.jpg http://www.opticsislightwork.com/Veneto/Venice_files/Media/P1280815%20%281%29/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_163_32"><div class="style_1"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">A Venetian street</p></div></div>