Venice I: The "waterfront"

These images are from the waterfront (or whatever you want to call it) outside our hotel. It was a bit east of St. Mark's Basilica, so it looked out over the lagoon instead of a canal.

Our hotel. The two windows on the second floor are my room.


I was surprised at how busy it was, although this nearly deserted compared to the crowds during the high season:


The Victor Emmanuel memorial:



The Bridge of Sighs, annoyingly surrounded by advert-covered-scaffolding:


There were gondolas tied up everywhere. I'm surprised that they leave them in the water all year, because they obviously don't get much use during the winter.


In case you fall in the canal (and manage to survive the cold, and the gross water):