Venice, Italy - Summer 2009

Water Taxi - Train Station to Our Apartment

Oma Edel, Lauryn and Opa Henry

The apartment - Fondamenta Bragadin - Accademia

Maestro Marco Sturcke on Keyboard

our first sample of gelato in Italy
(and certainly not our last)

Our First Gondola Ride
Classical Venetian Mode of Transport

The Grand Canal
From Santa Lucia railway station to Saint Mark Basin

Towards Piazza San Marco

Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute
"The Salute"

1924 Salviati Glass Mosaic

Campanile di San Marco

St Mark's Square - Doge's Palace in background

Doge's Palace

the Doge's Palace also housed the prisons

St Mark's Basilica - Byzantine Architecture

Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice

Santa Lucia Train Station, Venice
Catching a train to Tuscany

Tim's 5 a.m. ritual
walking Venice before sunrise

Ian's 7 a.m. ritual
sneaking off with dad for a cappuccino
(or a coke)