Statues - Venice

We moved so quickly through Venice (and I may have wasted an hour or so feeding the pigeons), that I hardly had any time to catch these statues, which is why there are so few.  I'll just have to go back some day.

Seen from a Gondola

Venice, Italy.  Summer 2004.

They've been promising this day from the very beginning.  It was in every copy of our itinerary, every informative packet, even the letter sent to our houses inviting us into the program.  

Ride a gondola.

Ride.  A.  Gondola.

Awesome.

(If you're interested, the gondaleers do wear the striped shirts and wide brimmed hats.  They didn't sing, but that's alright.)

It was a beautiful sunny day in Venice, perfect weather for riding a gondola.  Here are the things we saw: