the gate to the arsenale

there's a bar/restaurant by the gate and this is the view from the corner table

they do a lemon sorbet in the shell of a lemon with a lump of dark chocolate on the top ... but don't tell anyone i told you !

 

an early arrival in the bascino

 

vices ? in venice ?

 

the astrological clock in san marco

 

the campanile gates in the piazza san marco

you never really notice the campanile gates ...

 

'cos the campanile gates are almost always open

 

salviati

 

divieto de affissione

 

i should have been a vicar

 

isn't that venetian red ?

piety and futurism colliding painfully outside the ferrovia

show-off lighting

 

the other lovely astrological clock ... at padua

 

overdue for restoration, the astrological clock at padua

 

built for comfort

a shopper's friend in the markets at padua

a great city for bicycles ... it is pretty flat and there are thousands of students and easy-riding shoppers

built for comfort

a trader's old friend in the fabulous market at padua

 

fabulous flora

the orto botanico di padova claims to be the world's oldest surviving botanical garden in any university

whatever !

it is a delight

allegorical figures of spring and summer in the ancient botanical garden at padua

 

an early birthday present

from the magical collezione minici zotti in padua