Friday 28 May 2010

Venice, Italy: Days 5, 6 and 7


Mum drawing my burnt toast in her diary
(don't ask, but she found it amusing)

My burnt toast (bloody toaster)


Mum's sketch of my burnt toast


From La Guidecca looking towards Salute and San Marco


Invasion of the Giant cruise Ships!


She played the accordian, he sang opera - very nice indeed!



Fruit and veg stall where Mum bought some cherries




Losing that unlovely shade of English Milkbottle


Spritz, the classic Venetian drink (very delicious!)
http://bit.ly/aMt7IT




Mmmm, coffeeeeee!


Fly Away


Accademia vaporetto stop



My breakfast





Ponte dell Accademia




Looking up the Grand Canal from Ponte dell Accademia


Stone lion in garden of Pal. Cavalli Franchetti
(home of Archduke Ferdinand)

Garden of Pal. Cavalli Franchetti to the left






Campo S.Stefano




Stick Figures in Peril!



Calle d.Spezier











Campo S.Stefano







Front seat of the vaporetto (best for view and sun!)


Tourist shot of Rialto Bridge (inc. tourists)


I loved these Venetian winged lions :)



San Stefano







Mum: I said she looked like a Hamster


Mum: the result of the above comment



Riva degli Schiavoni







Butcher specialising in horse meat



The mouth-watering Rialto Market 



















Octopus


Cuttlefish or squid (something inky anyway)





Custard Tart!





I have a Bit of a Thing for photographing my feet
in-situ wherever I happen to be

It was a Custard Tart - but now it's gone.





Detailing the juxtaposition of ancient Venetian architecture
clashing in a faux startled manner with contemporary
Zeitgeist and sociocultural evolution (blah, blah, blah)


What Mark could have had as a present from Venice
(he got a tasteful silk tie and
choc-covered coffee beans instead)

Mum in the courtyard of Galleria Franchetti in
the Ca d'Oro




The galleria overlooks the Grand Canal














More Stick Figures in Peril!


Yet another Spritz (I drank quite a lot of them)


Seen on a wall near our apartment


Paulo's menu


An obscenely large private yacht that seemed to particularly
get Mum's goat (for being large and ostentatious)

Last drinks at Ristorante San Giorgio
on Riva degli Schiavoni

Goodbye Venezia ..... until next time .......




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