Yes, I know photographs of La Serenissima, Bride of the Sea, are everywhere. However, I thought, for my travelogue this week, I’d throw in just a few of my own photographs taken on a short visit there ten years ago . . .

Sea Approach – note the snow-capped Alps in the background

The Doge’s Palace and the sea landing for St.Mark’s Square

Doge’s Palace and the Bridge Of Sighs

San Giorgio Maggiore from St.Mark’s Square

The rowers in the lagoon operate from a standing position

Sea entrance to one of the minor canals

The Grand Canal from St.Mark’s Square

Front of St. Mark’s Basilica from St.Mark’s Square

Al fresco entertainment in St. Mark’s Square

St.Mark’s Square with Basilica and Campanile

Gondolas for hire on the Grand Canal

A Venetian Gondola in a side canal

A canal-side ambulance station … “Aiutami”

A Jeff Koons ‘Balloon Dog’ sculpture on the Grand Canal

Just one of the many palaces on the Grand Canal