I never posted anything about Venice, other than what an amazing place it is to hang one's laundry. This is for two reasons: 1) laziness, and 2) I'm still trying to find words to describe it! It's simply incredible and full of magic, another world, a living city and a ghost town at the same time...
Our first night there...gondola parking along the Grand Canal
Venice has no cars (well, there's one tiny part of the island where you can park). There's no room for them! So, your transportation options for getting around the city are by foot or by boat. This is a typical "street" in Venice, though they get much narrower than this.
Flower shop by our hotel
A little portico off the canal
The Rialto Bridge
Gondolas on the Grand Canal
So many places in Venice, you can take narrow passages that seem to lead to nowhere, and then you suddenly find yourself in open courtyards with a well in the middle, all alone...
The Rialto Bridge from the other side...
Old carvings, statues, and stone reliefs can be found all over the city, over doorways, on walls...anywhere your eyes wander. According to our guidebook, this relief depicts a helmet and a shield and refers to an ancient story about a knight who was travelling back from the Holy Land, carrying an important relic to be delivered to the provost of Cologne. He was swinded out of his relic, and "...it is said that the knight roamed endlessly, wailing in the streets, until one day, in this courtyard, the people found empty armor and a helmet."
We loved this door. We want one like it someday.
Our favorite church in Venice. It's made of white marble and just seems to float on the water.
Our favorite well...
This is Kronos, the Sire of Time. We really liked him--he's completely covered in hair and holding a sun disk. He had personality!
And on this coat of arms....a duck!!
Knock, knock...
Our first night there...gondola parking along the Grand Canal
Venice has no cars (well, there's one tiny part of the island where you can park). There's no room for them! So, your transportation options for getting around the city are by foot or by boat. This is a typical "street" in Venice, though they get much narrower than this.
Flower shop by our hotel
A little portico off the canal
The Rialto Bridge
Gondolas on the Grand Canal
So many places in Venice, you can take narrow passages that seem to lead to nowhere, and then you suddenly find yourself in open courtyards with a well in the middle, all alone...
The Rialto Bridge from the other side...
Old carvings, statues, and stone reliefs can be found all over the city, over doorways, on walls...anywhere your eyes wander. According to our guidebook, this relief depicts a helmet and a shield and refers to an ancient story about a knight who was travelling back from the Holy Land, carrying an important relic to be delivered to the provost of Cologne. He was swinded out of his relic, and "...it is said that the knight roamed endlessly, wailing in the streets, until one day, in this courtyard, the people found empty armor and a helmet."
We loved this door. We want one like it someday.
Our favorite church in Venice. It's made of white marble and just seems to float on the water.
Our favorite well...
This is Kronos, the Sire of Time. We really liked him--he's completely covered in hair and holding a sun disk. He had personality!
And on this coat of arms....a duck!!
Knock, knock...
1 comment:
Unreal. I can't believe we never sat down to look at these with you!!
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