Venice - 2006 Summer Vacation

Venice - 2006 Summer Vacation
Lisa and Yvette at the Palazzo dei Dogi.	Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo.	Grand Canal and the Rialto Bridge.	Grand Canal at the Academia Bridge.	Gondolas in front of Hotel Marconi on the Grand Canal.
The Venice fire department boys in action.	Palazzo Loredan on the Grand Canal, housing the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti.	St Mark's Clock built in 1499.	Looking for a gondola ride?	"Our" canal.
The Arsenale: shipyard and naval depot in Castello di sestiere, the origins of which date to possibly as early as the 8th century.	View of San Martino Square from our window.	Canale degli Angeli in Murano.	Street scene in Murano.	Lisa in a Venetian taxi.
Enjoying campari & orange.	Yvette, Lisa and Radim in front of St. Marco Square.	Lisa on the bus.	Radim and Lisa on the Grand Canal, church of Santa Maria della Salute in the background.	Looking for a gondola ride?
Looking for a gondola ride?	Lisa and Yvette in Murano at Rio dei Ventrai.	Pictoresque Venetian background ...		In Murano on Rio dei Ventrai.
In Murano on Rio dei Ventrai.	In Murano on Rio dei Ventrai.	In Murano on Rio dei Ventrai.	At the Academia bus stop on the Grand Canal.	Lisa and Radim on the Academia Bridge, a classic look down the Grand Canal in the background.
Church of Santa Barnaba, location for a scene from "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade".	Venetian carnival masks.	Mask artist, we bought these two.	Mask shop near Campo Santa Barnaba, Stanley Kubrick used to supply masks for "Eyes Wide Shut".	Smart Murano kitty: sleeping on a chair in front of a store on a busy sidewalk, giving every passing tourist an opportunity to pet her.