La nebbia

Fog (nebbia) is incredibly beautiful in Venice and it gives the city a really mysterious and secretive feel.
When we're in Venice there are often days with really heavy fog but this year we have had clear bright days except for our last morning. After checking out of our apartment we spent the last hour before our train left racing around taking photos.  I'm glad that we did as the fog was beautiful and in some parts of the city and on the water, visibility was really low.

 View from the Rialto

 The Rialto markets 

 Campo S. Angelo with the leaning Campanile barely visible in the background

 Gondolas near the Rialto

 Three gondolas in the Grand Canal with one stupid tourist trying to stand up. If he'd fallen in it would have been very difficult to find him.

 The same gondolas about 30 metres away

 View from the Ponte degli Scalzi

Chiesa San Simeone Piccolo across from the railway station is visible through the fog

Verona

 It was going to be a rainy day in Venice yesterday so we headed off to Verona by train.  Sarah wanted to see Verona and it was easy to wander around in the cool weather. We went to some of the usual tourist spots including the Arena, la Casa di Giulietta and Piazza delle Erbe.
Some of my favourite things about Verona are the ammonites in the beautiful pink marble.  There are heaps in the streets and the seating in the Arena.  I couldn't climb many steps in the Arena this time because  I had a sore knee but Jules and Rob took some photos for me.

I haven't added Jules' best photos because someone as already uploaded one of his photos from another program and claimed it as their own.

Last time we came there were just locks everywhere and names written on the walls.  Now people are declaring their undying love by also sticking blobs of chewing gum all over the place and writing on it - yuck!

If this screen hadn't been covered in crap, if you wanted to you could watch the screen and listen to a commentary about the place.

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These people were writing their names on the audio piece

Rob walking through Piazza delle Erbe

The Venice Lion

Piazza delle Erbe -more of a tourist souvenir market than a herb and vegetable market

This little dog was patiently waiting for a treat

Scarves for sale everywhere

It wasn't too cold for Jules to have gelato

The Arena is pretty spectacular

We weren't able to walk around much in the tunnels or go out in to the centre of the arena as there are major works going on with the ground in the centre

Today there is really high aqua alta  -about 1.4 or 1.5 metres, it is a public holiday (All Saints day -Ognissanti) and it is going to rain, a good day to stay inside. People going past our apartment have high wading boots, I think that our high wellies would fill up with water.

This afternoon we're going to visit the family in Mestre, the water should have gone down a lot by then. If not we'll be swimming :)