Hi all,
just back from Italy, and what do I find? SIX - yes, 6 - pages of posts to read! Gah! Not to mention Incoming!
Anyway - the holiday was a success. We stayed in Treviso, which is close to Venice, and whilst the wife was attending a pathology conference (a Mayo one, Primarch), I dashed off to Venice most days. Sandra would join me in the late afternoon, as the conference was a morning job.
And believe me, if any of you guys ever visit one place, make sure it's Venice. It may be a bit touristy, but it's SPLENDID!
I took 353 photos, bought 6 books (including 2 Corto Maltese comics - yes, that IS his name, and he's a sailor in the 1st world war up to the 1920s, created by a Venetian, Hugo Pratt) and a couple of Rackham Confrontation models, and a mask (more later). We say St. Mark's, and the Doge's palace, and a handful of museums, an opera (Die Zauberflote), lots of pizza, ice creams, ferry rides.
Fun, anyway.
Oh, and Treviso is nice too, with its 13th century walls and some equally old buildings.
Here's some (but not al!) pics. Gondolas, first and foremost, of course!
Good grief, I am a grim photographer! 
- wasn't too bad, though, the kid was actually sensible enough to duck out of the way when I took one shot across the boat.
