Highlights of Italy and Sicily

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Even on the water, the cell phone still takes precidence.

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And I got the Kings seat in the front of the gondola.

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A water taxi on the Grand Canal.

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The Melendez and Carlisle families on the gondola ride. Grand Canal.

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Santa Maria della Salute - Campo della Salute, Dorduro, Venice

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Singer and accompanist on the Grand Canal Gondola ride.

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Mooring stakes for the gondolas.

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Houses (Palaces) on the Grand Canal.

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Entering the narrower side canals. Venice

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This boat has eyes. One of the cargo barges on the canals.

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A "seeing" cargo barge

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One of the 400 bridges over the canals in Venice

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Laundry day in Venice. Dryers are not used because of the cost of electricity.

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Some intersections are tight enough that they use mirrors to help avoid collisions of the gondolas.

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Gondola mooring pole.

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And here they are.

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Water line in the canals. Mussels and other sea animals grow on the walls of the buildings.

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Another view of the mooring poles for gondolas on the Grand Canal.

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Our entertainment at dinner in a Venetian Restaurant.

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The museum end of Saint Marks Square.