NetCELL Pics - Snowguy

While I usually look for the unusual, I also take a lot of scenic views. Here is a line of gondolas in front of St. Mark's Square area. The walkway, which is about 1 foot above the water level. Venice is actually a series of islands.

In Venice, most areas of the city are off-limits to vehicular traffic. Here a barge offloading a cart with materials. Barges are buses, and Gondolas are pleasure craft for tourists. Small boats are taxis, and fire boats, construction barges, etc abound.

In Venice, many trees took on a real "lean" and some had to eventually be propped up. In the one park in the St. Elena neighborhood, the trees could be viewed as long rows, from every direction. (Apparently planted in a grid.) Even the leaners.

As in many major tourist cities, spray paint artists were pretty easy to find. Some made actual paintings they sold on the spot, along with works they had already completed. This was a collaborative effort, most likely for the sake of performance, only.

In Florence, performance street art is apparently encouraged. This group was one of two we saw one night. Each had 4 musicians playing funky music and a group of black-clad followers who would leap into the air and run around on cue. as well as dance.

In Florence, the Anarchists are apparently in favor of making their views known. Another slogan was "Red Warriors" with a hammer and sickle. (Or were they retentive children crying out for attention?)

A view from the top of what I meant when I said "I Climbed Mount Cupola!" (the 463 steps to the top of the dome on the Florence Duomo. Toward the top, the steps were very narrow, and inclined at 60 degrees or more.

IN Florence on evening, we happened upon a bit of street performance art. This young asian woman was "painting" a scene of Madonna and Child one the pavement with chalk. She had baskets set out for well deserved.donations.

IN teh Snowguy Travel Warning thread I also mentioned how, one morning, the Bay was so still that this boat's trail in the water remained unbroken for well over a kilometer (this was only part) like a jet contrail in a windless sky.

In the Snowguy Travel Warning thread I said that, one morning while on the balcony, I saw the sun rise behind our hill, beginning to set the opposing hill on fire, beginning with the villas and the trees on the very top. The first pic in that sequence.

How does a person choose one photo of the Isle of Capri? It would have to show something of the waters of the Bay of Naples, the rugged terrain and at least a suggestion of the whitewashed-looking buildings and green landscape. Here's one I chose.

Had to snap this one in a hurry, so the focus isn't whit I would like, but it shows the type of truck used on Capri Island. Each one has a bed perhaps a meter square and a foot deep. And loaded up past the cab's height, usuallly.

While not the most attractive view of Capri, this one I liked because it shows how a walkway has to wend its way, switching back and forth, to get to the bottom by the harbor.

This gives a view of the road on the Amalfi coast. Extremely narrow, it was "widened" at the place you see by cantilevering.. It's still very tight traffic, and the drop is about 1000 feet to the bottom. Most stone "guard rails" are about 24 inches hi

At Amalfi, we took a launch out to see the town from the sea. The views of the drive along the Amalfi Coast are awesome, but this one from the sea impressed me, too.

Here's another example: Curved brick to make the column in front, then two types of Roman Brick for the wall behind.. Image taken at night, using existing light.