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Venice Photos

MARCH 18, 2022 - WORLD CRUISE

March 18, 2022 by Dallas Smith

This week marks my second visit to Venice. The first was in 2004. My opinion remains unchanged: Venice is one of the most interesting cities on the planet. I would need to visit it many more times before I would tire of its unique historic buildings and canals. That said, Venice's population has diminished from a high of 110,000 to currently around 50,000. It is very expensive to live in Venice. The city lives from tourism, hosting twenty-seven million tourists in 2019. Then came covid. Many businesses closed, never to reopen. Many residents relocated to cities with a lower cost of living and more job opportunities. On the day we visited, there were relatively few tourists compared with the summer months. Nonetheless, I recommend visiting Venice whenever you can. Enjoy a few photos.

Venice's oldest bridge, the Rialto Bridge

A typical canal scene. (It was a cloudy day. Boosting the color makes the water seem very green. Certainly, it was green, but not as green as it appears in these photos. I could adjust that color in one of my programs, but I just can't take the time just now.)

Tourists taking a gondola ride, eighty Euros for one half hour.

Regular people live in Venice. They don't use clothes dryers.

Venetian masks are world-famous. This store window demonstrates why.

The Grand Canal, photo taken from the Rialto Bridge

I spent some time on St. Marks Square chasing seagulls with my camera, as seen above and below.

Not all sculptures are beautiful. This was intended to scare away evil spirits. Do you think it was effective?

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