Home - 2022 - Italy - Day 16 - Venice


Photographer: Josh Eckels


So many elements

Floating bridge

Floating bridge... to nowhere

Doge's Palace

St Mark's Square

Entering the Doge's Palace

Sizable bronze

Corner element

Inside the courtyard

Intricate stairs

Deposit anonymous complaints here

In the palace

Arched stairway

Into the government chambers

Paintings and carved frames

Government rooms

Larger chambers

Another separate council room

Receiving box for the complaints

Armory

From across the centuries

The largest of the rooms

View of the Grand Canal

Chamber of the Great Council

The Chamber of the Scrutinio, with art exhibit

Thick paint

Not all art uses shopping carts

Into the prisons

Very short doors

Solid bars

Iron bands

Sealed off

Lunchtime, with gnocchi

And calamari

Inside Museo Correr

My buddy

Wandering the canals and streets some more

Across the water

Distinctive layers

Continuing to wander

Constitution Bridge

Chiesa di San Simeon Piccolo

Entering the Jewish quarter

Jewish quarter

Campo di Ghetto Nuovo

Sitting for a bit

Our final happy hour in Italy

Exposed brick

High water walkways

On the water bus again

Approaching our stop

Rialto Bridge again

Calm and quiet

Side mirror

Ready for our dinner

Doge's Palace

Another canal

Caviar and more

Orange wine

Mushrooms

Risone with go (a lagoon fish)

Dry aged fish


Cheese course

Pre-dessert

Getting full

The main dessert - dill cheese cake

Our menu

A final little extra

 

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