Isola Vignole, Venice A whole day walking certainly makes tired!

Fondamenta dei Preti, Venice, (osm) Reaching the end of the Venice series tomorrow. Update: fixed the typo in the title. I knew something was wrong, but didn’t find out what it was. (Thanks, Tyler!)

Cavallino-Treporti, (osm)

Fondamenta dei Preti, Venice, (osm)

Calle del Mondo Novo, Venice, (osm)

Calle Ruzzini, Venice, (osm) The island in the reflected image is one of Venice’s graveyards, St. Michele.

Campo Santa Maria Nova, Venice, (osm)

Quinto Ramo del Parangon, Venice As these masks are probably sold in hundred thousands every year, I did not dare to turn them around and search for the (most probably) Chinese vendor ID. But they are much more agreeable for my eyes than any Mickey Mouse or Simpson.

Sotoportego Secondo Ramo del Par, Venice

This image reminded me of the French expression for rainbow, “arc-en-ciel”, arch-in-the-sky. Guess I have some preference for playing with words as well as with images.

Through an Italian Expat in Germany we were directed to the island of Sant’ Erasmo, where we found an unexpectedly quiet and friendly hotel (Il Lato Azurro). This island is 30 minutes by boat away from Venice, but approaching Venice by ship has its own merits. And on Sant’ Erasmo I saw my first Venice…

Campo Giovanni e Paolo Santissimi, Venice, (osm) Of course such a topic can’t go by without reference to German author Thomas Mann’s novella ‘Dead in Venice’ and its later adaptions by Visconti or, lesser known, Benjamin Britten. The writer’s block, that is one of the main topics of the novel, is certainly something most photographers…

Staying away from clichées is a difficult task for a photographer in Venice. Therefore I stuck with those gondola parts and managed to capture only a partial color palette instead of the usual gaudy scenery.