• Scaffolding

    This is how they put up scaffolding in Venice.

  • Gondola Approaching

    This photo almost looks like a painting. It gives me the feeling that I’ve seen it before, or maybe I’m just paddling too much around Venice.

  • Hidden angel

    Venice is full of hidden stuff, much of it in plain view 🙂 I wonder if this guy will ever know what’s under his feet, or even just suspect there might be something.

  • SUP in Venice

    It’s the first time I’ve seen SUP boards on the Canal Grande. They seemed to do well when I saw them, but I’ve heard some of them ended on the water at the Rialto Bridge, which is often a busy spot.

  • I ♥ Venice

    Hearts can appear anywhere, anytime.

  • Camouflage, Burano style

    On Burano orange, lime, lilac and pink are viable camouflage colours. Burano is known for its brightly coloured houses, and its a fun pass time to search for houses matching people’s clothes. You don’t need to stand out just because you’re wearing pink.

  • Redentore 2011

    The Redentore Feast is one of the major annual celebrations in Venice, and one with a massive local participation. It takes place on the third Sunday of July, and on the evening before there is a huge display of fireworks just before midnight. It usually last around 45 minutes. I went there with a bunch…

  • Laundry line

    Puppets of Damocles?

  • Training in the lagoon

    This guy just went up and down a short stretch of lagoon canal behind the Vignole, training in a little corner sheltered from the winds of the day.

  • Working boats

    Venetian boats at work. There’s a green grocer on a boat behind the gondola, and a topo to the right. Three different uses for boats in Venice.

  • Gondola from below the waterline

    Gondola on land at the Squero San Trovaso.

  • Venetian Truck Drivers

    This boat is a “topo”, a Venetian truck, with a crew of two. One is steering, almost with the rudder up his behind, the other is sleeping soundly on the fore deck, while they pass a 14th century monastery building and a 17th century church.