| For the 1st November bank holiday weekend, we took the train over to Venice for a long weekend. We were blessed with fantastic weather, particularly given that it had been acqua alta (aka flooded) 1 day before we arrived, rainy and misty.
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| There here follow lots of classic photos of Venice... it really is very photogenic.
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| Our visit fell within the Biennale festival, and we spent several hours in the contemporary art exhibition in the purpose built park. Here are the French toilets!
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| And the American lights. (There were plenty of other things which didn't merit a photo.)
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| The Russian pavilion was showing a video of the Venice skyline at sunset, which looked spectacular. When we read on the caption that it was a live feed from the roof we realised we were missing a spectacular sunset and ran outside to savour the moment. We concluded that the modern art was a bit of a waste of time when you had the Venice skyline to look at!
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| We didn't pay for the expensive Gondola ride, just the 30 second trip to cross the canal!
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| The view from the monastery campanile on Torcello.
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| The mountains were visible in the distance, the sky reflected in the bay.
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| The colourful houses of Burano
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| Brilliant Scallops...
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| ...which Rachel enjoyed a great deal!
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| Also part of the Biennale, this was a Disco in a wardrobe... but it was full when we arrived so we couldn't get in!
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| Al tried the local speciality - spaghetti with squid ink. Quite nice, but very messy!
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| We had booked in advance for a concert at La Fenice to finish off a romantic trip.
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