It was much cooler this morning with a light breeze when we started out tour at 8:30 and with our first stop only 3 minutes from our B&B, Piazza San Marco.
Fiona our guide, pointed out the features of the square and also the details of the impressive clock.
Massive cruise liners in port.
Fiona our guide, pointed out the features of the square and also the details of the impressive clock.
- The outer ring in Roman numerals shows the time, in this case 8:50 am
- The next ring is star signs and is currently the Libran scales on its way to scorpion.
- Then directly in the middle is a representation of the globe (earth) and the ball in the upper left region is a representation of the moon and what part of its cycle it is in.
Moving on we went through the San Marco area and crossed the Rialto Bridge.
Over the bridge was the Rialto Markets, they were much smaller than we thought they would be but still very interesting. There were many fruits and vegetables we have never seen before and Fiona was able to provide details on them.
One shop I thought I would never see was this particular butcher shop. This butcher only sells Horse and Donkey meat.
Fiona then guided us through many laneways and over many canals. One of the interesting bridges we saw was Ponte delle Tette (Bridge of the Tit's), below is Katie standing on this bridge, but for full details of the bridge's meaning please visit this link
Later in the day we went to the San Giorgio Maggio island and went up the belfry and had a spectacular view back over Venice.
Crowded Piazza St Marco from the belfry
Massive cruise liners in port.
Im sure the mothers are going to love reading about the "Bridge of the Tit's"
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