Glass mosaic baptismal font in a Murano church
Tag: Travel
Quiet Venice canal
Quiet Venice canal
Venice trip, day 3
Venice Trip, day 3: vaporetto to the island of Murano, glass museum, window-shopping for glass vases, glass-blowing demonstration, vaporetto to Burano, quick stroll to admire colorful houses, back to Venice, then more cicchetti for a quick light dinner, and an early evening.
La Fenice Opera House
La Fenice Opera House. (Gold is best!)
St. Mark’s Square
Panorama of St. Mark’s Square taken from the Basilica
St. Mark’s Basilica
St. Mark’s Basilica
Venice trip, day 2
Venice Trip, day 2: St Mark’s Basilica, beef tartar for lunch, Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man at the Accademia, modern art at Peggy Guggenheim Museum, cicchetti for dinner (think Venetian tapas), the first half of Aida at the Fenice opera house, and then finally a small second dinner!
Doge’s ceiling
Decadent ceiling in the Doge’s Palace. It’s good to be the Doge.
Pink streetlights
Pink glass streetlights near St. Mark’s Square
Venice trip, day 1
Woke up at 3:30am for an early start on the drive to Venice. Finally made it after 8+ hours on the road. Took a vaporetto along the Grand Canal, visited St. Mark’s Square and the Doge’s Palace, wandered the streets, and ate Italian food for dinner (naturally). Now, zzz.
