Venice: Cruisin'

Some say Venice is best seen from the water. We did that, buying a 48 hour vaporetti (water bus) pass after wearing our legs out the first day. (Vaporetti = "your money vaporizes"; but just about anything in Venice is expensive). Here are some canal scenes.

A flotilla of gondoliers, one playing accordion, one singing; fortunately, we did 
that when it was much cheaper

The Palazzo Vendramin, where Wagner died in 1883; big plaque on the left

Grand Canal again

Venice ground zero

The Bridge of Huhs and beyond it, in the blue grotto, the Bridge of Sighs

Garbage truck; I will admit that it is nice to be in a place, however crowded, 
and not have to dodge cars, trucks, scooters, bicylces, and the like

In addition to the vaporetti and water taxis, there are also these traghetto, which 
simply cross the Grand Canal here and there for a mere half euro

We even rode out to boring Lido, using up our last few minutes...