An early start today to walk to St Marks Square before breakfast. We wanted to see the square before the hoardes of bored French school kids arrived. They spend their time eating McDonalds and taking photos of themselves, oblivious to the beautiful buildings around them. Great entertainment for us when our feet are too sore to walk anymore.
We visited the spectacular Doge's Place this morning. You just can't describe the opulence of this residence of the 120 rulers of Venice. It is stuffed with carved marble and wood, gold leaf and enormous works of art by the great masters. It dates from 697 and was added to until 1797 when Napoleon invaded. An overwhelming display of craftsmanship that we will never see repeated again. For obvious reasons no photos were allowed inside the palace.
A vaporetto trip along the Grand Canal provided an interesting perspective of Venice from the water. A chaos of boats and no obvious rules.
The afternoon was a feast of art at the Peggy Guggenheim gallery and then a wee lie down to recover.
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