Venice is like no where else on Earth. Beautiful, glamorous, decadent, sliding slowly into decay as the sea rises a bit more each year. Most Venetians don't drive as there are no cars, or even bicycles, in Venice. Venice is comprised of 118 small islands connected by 412 bridges. In her heyday, La Serenissima, as she was called, was a huge naval empire that controlled much of the Adriatic and whose influence extended far to the east. Venice once sacked Constantinople, and brought treasure from all over the Mediterranean to decorate her buildings and squares. Venetian dialect is so removed from Italian that it's almost another language entirely.
We love Venice and had a wonderful time here.
To view the pictures one at a time, use the link below:
Venice Album
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