The staircase to the doge's palace. Imagine being a 70 year old pope a hopping up those steps -- the doge never came down. And by the way, the steps are steep, and there are four more sets once inside to get to the doge's receiving room.
The view from the bridge of sighs-- the last view of Venice for prisoners on their way from the doge's palace to their damp cells in the prison. The shiny blue on either side is advertising shrouding conservations work on the walls of the palace and prison.
The courtyard of the palace.
Our Rick Steves ipod tour noted that the statue on the left, of Mars, looks a lot like Paul Newman.
One of the famed Venetian masks.
Sunset at Piazza San Marco.
The basilica in the evening light. 
The gondolas in the early morning as we awaited our vaparetto to the train station. 
Goodbye to Venice.
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