29 October 2005
Cola looks back at the tack on Murano.
29 October 2005
The final resting place of nuns on the cemetary island.
29 October 2005
The final resting place of normal people on the cemetary island.
When my mom dies, I was a llowed ot have a flat plaque made out of one particular kind of marble, that the lawn mower could just drive over and the marble had to have "an approved Christian symbol on it." No such restrictions appear to be in effect in Venice, across from the nuns.
29 October 2005
This woman died young. Her marker was more elaborate than many others.
29 October 2005
Tiny lizards on the cemetary island.
29 October 2005
I saw many people out doing grave maintenance, which is probably why people can do whatever they want with markers, since they'll be caring for it. Some graves seemed neglected, like this mausoleum.
29 October 2005
How much do venetians love the pope?
29 October 2005
The San Marco cathedral is in San Marco square and once you get inside, for 2€, you can see actual bits of Saint Mark the apostle. And the skull of uh, however the lesser. I don't know my apostles very well. Sorry.
29 October 2005
Cola ponders leaving her femur to religion.
29 October 2005
The bell tower at San Marco is really really tall.
29 October 2005
Venice has more leaning towers than Pisa.
30 October 2005
View from the deck outside my hotel room in Lido.
30 October 2005
View from the deck outside my hotel room in Lido.
30 October 2005
The less glamorous part of the Grand Canal, on the way to the train station.
30 October 2005
An art installation by the train station where there are a large number of Mona Lisa images, arranged in a ring around the viewer, such that the colors fade around the spectrum. Some miscreants or Dadaists drew moustaches on some fo the Mona Lisa images. hee hee.
30 October 2005
A statue of the Virgin Mary, hovering above a mossy fountain in Venice, Italy.
