Italy - Venice #2 - April 1970

 We arrived in Venice at Easter time so there were crowds and crowds of people buzzing around especially for the event, the atmosphere was terrific!

Piazza San Marco, I think I'm enjoying one of those wonderful Italian Gelato's in this photo, actually I wouldn't think about enjoying it I know it was delicious, I'm just not sure if that is an almost empty cone in my hand.

David in front of the St Marco Basilica and below from Wiki.  What a lot we miss with our Black and White photos eh!

 Omigosh!  Look at all those pidgeons! 

Torre dell 'Orologio Clock Tower with a colour shot from Google.

Gold mosaic ceiling inside the Basilica Saint Marco, look at the colour below from Google.

 Galleria dell'Academia, these paintings are Rubens and Titian.

How wonderful is this... sunshine, outdoor restaurant and a Quartet to entertain... as if there isn't enough beauty to entertain around us in this beautiful city.

Italy - Venice, Beautiful Venice! - April 1970

 Crossing the Causeway to Isola Nuova, the Car Park in Venice, where we slept for 3 nights inside Tabitha Taxi.

Below from Google.

 Isola Nuova, piers at the Car Park.

Grand Canal at Piazzale Roma.

Vaporetto turning off the Grand Canal.

David has captioned this photo - Wealthy affluent tourists doing their thing.  I think he must have been a bit taken aback at the cost of a ride on one of these Gondolas, the cost is about $80 now days.

Rialto Bridge, beautiful isn't it!  and below from Google.

Venice is such a beautiful place, the colours (which you can't see in our black and white photos unfortunately) the laneways which are easy to get lost in, the people and of course the food!  Wonderful place and it is so sad that it now floods at high tide.  They fixed the Leaning Tower of Pisa so lets hope, one day that they can stop Venice from being flooded.

Palazzo ca D'oro.

Mouth of the Grand Canal, looking to the Island of St George - San Giorgio (beyond PuntaDogana, center)

Venice from Google and below closer up.

Google Map, from Verona to Venice.

Italy - Caravaggio to Verona - March 1970

 Lake Garda.

 Verona, I think this photo of was taken because of the gent in the foreground, fishing in a suit!  Fabulous boat as well!

 Castelvecchio Bridge.

 Ponte Pietra.

 Ponte Vittoria from Castelvecchio Bridge.

 Ponte Vittoria.

Google Map from Caravaggio to Verona.

Italy - Milan to Caravaggio - March 1970

 Just outside Milan, driving beside the train line in Milan, driving really close to the train line.
Actually I wonder if this is a Tram?  I searched but still can't decide!  Below is a modern train from Google.

 The gardens of the Museum of Modern Art on a cold winters day and below from Google Maps in what looks like summer.

 We spent most of our time in Milan at the Police Station, but firstly we visited and were taken out to dinner by friends of David's mothers, the Jamisons,  here is an extract from a letter I wrote to David's mother.

Back to Italy along the lovely lake Como and into Milan, showered at the Youth Hostel and went to the Jamisons, Cecile looks very well much better than she did last year and full of beans, they seemed pleased to see us and we all chatted non stop.  Elizabeth arrived from England the day before and the next day they were all off to Sardinia for Easter - we really had a slap up meal at a lovely restaurant, you didn't order anything, trolleys laden with food were bought to the table and you helped yourself, 6 courses we had of real Italian food and gallons of wine and bread.  Stayed at the hostel that night and had our suitcase stolen, it was our own fault it was strapped onto the luggage rack not locked in the car as it should have been.  All our clothes went, 320 cigarettes and all our important documents for the Taxi and about shipping the Taxi home.  We had one change of clothes in the Hostel luckily but they are good ones and too warm for down here now.  The really annoying part is we've thrown everything out that didn't fit in the trunks so that now leaves us no clothes at all except a couple of good things we had no intention of taking to Russia or the U.S.A.  I'm going to be busy sewing when I get back to the UK for three weeks.  The Australian Consul is looking into it for us but we haven't much hope of recovery

 This is a the waterwheel that keeps a Sawmill working but I can't find it on Google, maybe it's gone.

 Cooking dinner just outside Caravaggio and behind the monument to Giovanni Ancillotto a famous Italian Aviator, this is where he died in a road accident in 1924.

 A photo from Google Maps and below a couple of photos I found on Google.

From Lake Como to Milan to Caravaggio.  Next stop Verona!

Italy - Lugano to Menaggio on Lake Como - March 1970

 Driving down the hill to Menaggio with a very misty Lake Como in front and below us.

I can't find the same places as these two photos show, we didn't write anything on them except, Lake Como.

 Tabitha having a much deserved servicing beside the beautiful Lake.

Below is about the same spot from Google.

I couldn't find this scene below on Google Maps either, I was following a big white truck along this road beside the lake, most annoying I couldn't get a good view  :-)

From Lugano to Menaggio driving around a lot of water.  I remember it being an especially beautiful drive and when we got to Lake Como it was all foggy!  That's what you get when you travel in Winter though, which we still prefer to do because there are far fewer tourists around so you get to see the good stuff much easier.