Moonlight Reunion

Venice, Italy, May 1984. It's a favorite spot.

Punta della Dogana

Venice, Italy, April 1984. It's the view from the other side.

Heading Home

Venice, Italy, June 1984. The motonave takes me back to the Lido.

The View in the Evening, Thirty Years Ago

Venice, Italy, May 1984. I visited the same spot later, here.

Rainy Reunion

Venice, Italy, November 1983. That's how things are supposed to look at this time of year.

The View from the Accademia Bridge

Venice, Italy, June 1989. I photograph the Grand Canal as I stand on the Accademia Bridge. The church on the right is the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute. (See also here.)

Those motoscafi in the foreground offer a sweet ride.

The Patriarch of Venice

Venice, Italy, June 1989. Mr. Irene and I noticed this plaque in the Basilica of the Madonna della Salute. The plaque reads, "On September 16, 1972, Pope Paul VI paid homage to the Madonna della Salute here[,] pausing in prayer with the Patriarch Albino Luciani[,] later John Paul I."

Pope John Paul I was pontiff for thirty-three days before he died

"The boy is finally taking his frog elsewhere."

I am not making this up reports on Venice's decision to remove a controversial statue from the Punta della Dogana.

Venice, Italy, June 1989. Here's a view of the Punta della Dogana when a traditional, Venetian lamppost decorated its tip.

Some Old, Some New

Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice, April 1984. It's easy to distinguish between the locals and the tourists.

Sunset

Venice, Italy, January 1984. This is the view that I saw most evenings, when I rode the motonave from Venice to my home on the Lido.

Do you ever wish you could be somewhere else?

Venice, Italy, October 29, 1983. This is the view I saw each morning when I stepped off the vaporetto at the San Marco stop.