Venice (Update)

You can't help but take photos everywhere in Venice! Here's some pics of what we've been up to (it's a lot of pics over a few days - might be too many for one blog post but we'll see how it goes)....

Fruit and Veg boat bottom right - we are staying near here....

Random view....

Little courtyard to our apartment....

Grand Palazzo's on Grand Canal....

Coffee break....

Very Adriatic....

Video of southern edge of Dorsoduro

Site constraints....

Gondolas and Palazzo....

Aesthetic walkways every bridge you cross....

Our little apartment is second window from the right (on the water - we see gondolas pass regularly)....

40 Canvases stitched together to cover the ceiling of this church.....

Aperol Spritz on the Campo - not far from our apartment....

Gondola workshop.....

Sunset pizza....

Sunset without pizza....

We heard him singing - only one we've heard so far....

Grand Canal....

Renaissance Staircase....

Gondola parking lot....

San Marco Square....

San Marco Basilica mosaics facing the square....

Around the side of the Basilica....

Bridge of Sighs....

Arsenal - went to an art exhibition here....

Inside the Arsenal....

Exhibition space in old warehouses (where they could build one ship a day)....

Metal staircase attached to defensive wall of Arsenal, facing the lagoon....

Leaning tower - there are a few....

Vaporetto ride back to apartment at dusk....

Doges Palace from Vaporetto....

More gondolas and palazzo...

Video of Vaporetto ride

Onward to Venice

We had a great ending to Silverstar with excellent skiing thanks to the recent snow. The day travelling to Venice was long as expected but relaxing, as we had plenty of time for connections and all transport was on time and without drama. Today we went on a water taxi to a glass factory tour on Murano, which was a hoot. Weather was great - as were the sunset colours. Here's some pics.....

View from Milky Way run, with 'The Knoll' estate top right (where our house was)....

Having morning tea at Paradise Camp, on the mountain....

View up and down Sunny Ridge run, my favourite - not too many people to worry about....

Layers of snow at driveway to house (it gets dirty, then it snows again, and again...)....

A different twist to 'overflowing gutters'....

Lunch at Kelowna Airport - Laurie heading to Vancouver and us to Venice....

Canada mountains on route to Calgary....

Arriving in Venice on our first night....

Dessert first night - a bit like the excellent French 'cafe gourmand' (but coffee extra)....

Our hotel for our first night on arrival is on the left, just past the church....

Off on the water taxi to Murano....

Equivalent to retired lycra bike riders - but they only have canals!....

Random palazzo's on the canal - Venice is still amazing....

On open water they have a lot of power - overtaken by a similar taxi to ours....

Guess what he's making (I cut the video - but it only took him 2min total)....

End result....

Murano main canal - great weather....

Murano main canal - view the other way....

The middle (white) building is the former Teatro Italia (theatre) - now a supermarket!....

Inside the supermarket....

Sunset on the lagoon....

Shades of Canaletto....

San Marco and the Camponile....

Out the front of the Doges Palace....