Castello

We hadn't been to the Basilica dei S.S. Giovanni e Paolo for a long while, so we caught the vaporetto to Rialto and walked around quiet calli  and made our way there. We stopped and looked at many things along the way, including a visit to the Chiesa di San Lio.  With many wrong turns and interesting things to sidetrack us it took ages to go the short distance to SS Giovanni e Paolo.

 

Like everywhere else, everyone  in Venice seems to be glued to a mobile phone including the gondoliere and passengers.  A lot of people look at Venice through their Ipads.

 I was sure that I was way too tall for the Sotoportego Tramontin or Basadonna and bent over so that I wouldn't hit my head

 I guess not :)

Short Venetian women must have been my height

I was messing around with my camera and got it stuck on black and white for a while,

and sepia.

Rob stuck with colour

View into Campo S. Maria  Formosa

The pharmacy in the campo is  very close to the funeral business - not far to go to deal with mistakes

We seem to go through Campo S. Maria Formosa quite often when we cut through from  near S. Marco, the Arsenale or Riva degli Schiavoni - not really a shortcut, just a different route.

At the entrance to Basilica S.S. Giovanni e Paolo there was a beggar- normally I wouldn't take photos of beggars but he was very well organised and was hiding his phone from view and changed his strong phone voice when asking for money 

The Venice public hospital - Ospedale Civile

Another day in Venezia

Rain was predicted so we went out prepared but apart from a ten minute downpour when we were at San Marco the weather was lovely.  The rain was great because it cleared the dust and the air was fresh.  Our cousins in Mestre didn't fare so well, they got absolutely soaked when they were walking home from a computer class and the rain lasted longer there as well.

 We just spent the day wandering around and loved it.

We'll have to stop taking photos here -I try to but the light always makes it look a bit different

We also haven't taken enough photos of gondolas from the Rialto :)

We reciprocated in taking photos for another couple of tourists

A gondoliere with his telefonino - Italians are as bad as Australians with mobile phones, though maybe not in restaurants.

The downpour cleared San Marco

Except for this guy who was enjoying being the centre of attention.  Not the right body shape for the wet Tshirt look

Gondolas in their raincoats

Hope the tourists managed to get out before the gondoliere covered the seats

From the Accademia bridge -di nuovo :)

e un altro :)

This guy was very brave paddling down the Grand Canal in a kayak.  The boats are all much slower now -except for the occasional taxi.  Some German tourists died in a gondola/vaporetto accident near Rialto in the summer and as a result the Commune has more tightly regulated traffic, speeds etc