The last of Venice

The weather was so kind to us in Venice that I took so many photographs (about 200!) that it has been hard to sensibly prune them down ...

Barbara waves from the water-door of our apartment - it was flooded during the recent high water event!

The bridge from which the photographer took the photo ...

Morning canal scene near our apartment

Up on the balcony of the facade of St Mark's, with the replica bronze horses - the "Triumphal Quadrigua" behind

The four magnificent bronze horses, of Roman origin, looted from Constantinople in 1204 by Venice during the fourth crusade

Shipbuilding sheds at the Arsenale catch the evening light ...

... while more mundane articles dry in the sun above the canal

An arresting display of powdered pigments in the window of an artist's supplier

Jolly street scene on the way to St Mark's square