This is the hotel we stayed at just off of Piazzale Roma, it was nice but 5 times the cost of the one from the night before outside of the city.
A line of gondolas along the Grand Canal.
St Mark’s square from the vaparetto, the public ferry/water taxi.
Statue on the top of Doges palace.
The corner of Doges palace with the Campanile in the background.
The flagpoles in St Mark’s square with the life-sized bronze statues that ring the bell.
The Customs House in Venice, adorned with a gold ball on top and a statue of a frog out front.
One of the many seriously leaning bell towers around Venice.
A church, one of many, many around this island.
The stern of our cruise ship, we passed it on the vaparetto heading back to the hotel to check out and get to the cruise ship.
After checking into the cruise ship, we went back out onto the island. We decided to go over to the island of Murano, which is known for its glasswork. It took going on a different ferry over to this other island about a ½ mile away.
On the way there we got to go through canals we had not traveled in a section of city that is sinking faster than other parts. Many of the homes have sunk so much that the first floor is now under water.
Another nice three arch bridge, this canal was wider than most, but not the size of the grand canal.
A bell tower that was tolling, can’t you hear it in this photo.
The chapel on the cemetery island, an island specifically dedicated for the burial of Venice residents.
One of the glassworks on Murano. We unfortunately found out all of the tours are in the morning, not the late afternoon.
A beautiful building on the canal cutting through Murano.
A work of art in a small square of Murano made of their famous glass. Unfortunately it was really dusty and dirty, requiring a lot of processing to make it look clean.
The white lighthouse on Murano.
On the way back to Venice proper, we passed close to the cemetery island again, here is the chapel and one of the entrance docks.
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