Pictures from Venice

This is one of the "streets" of Venice. It's kind of an awkward angle because I was taking the picture from a boat on the Grand Canal, but it gives you the idea. The water just leads straight to these peoples' houses, businesses, etc.!

In St. Mark's Square, the heart of Venice, the pigeons flock like crazy. People sell bird food, which largely causes the pigeons to stay there, so kids will go feed them to get them to sit on their shoulders and hands. They've been fed so much, though, that now you just have to stick your arm out or stand relatively still and pigeons will come land on you. This is my friend, Stephen, doing just that. The pigeons are so fearless that you can punch them out of the air or kick them, but the people selling the food don't like when you do that very much...
This is St. Mark's Cathedral from the side of the Doge's Palace.
Stephen, Ashlea, and I are sitting outside the Doge's Palace waiting to meet everyone for dinner. The arches are part of the palace.