The real Venice

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So before we move on to our next stop here is another selection of pictures from Venice.  When you get away from the hordes of people there are some unusual and interesting things to see.

I've started with the by now obligatory shop window bunny.  Some might think it looks more like a hare, a pirate hare at that, but it's close enough for my purposes.

The second and the final pictures are of some more street art which was in a little back street away from the hotels and street vendors.

The next picture was a plaque above the entrance to a herbarium which caught my eye.

I hope you enjoyed today's pictures.  There will be more tomorrow, from somewhere else in Italy...

Venice

So here I am in Venice, 7 days into my road trip and I've already been in 7 different countries. Although I'm in Venice I'm not going to post any pictures of canals and bridges, the closest I'll get today is the driver's cabin on the vaporetto, the "bus" from the car park to our hotel.

The second picture was going to be my shop window of the day. In Venice there are hundreds of places selling masks, this shop seemed to be very good quality masks and at pretty steep prices too.  I'm not sure I get the appeal to be honest but I thought this was quite a decent one.

And that was going to be my window display until I came across the rabbit mask in picture three, I was really happy to keep up the shop window bunny thing.  Will it continue tomorrow? Who knows.

The last shot is of some random street art we found on the wall of a tiny alleyway.

That's all for today, but there will be more tomorrow.

More from Salzburg

So I've started with the second shop window bunny from Salzburg, this one is made of bread and was part of a display which included several other rabbits of varying sizes suspended from the ceiling. Quirky to say the least.

The second image was taken on the footbridge across the river Salzach which divides the old and older sides of the city. It has become a focus for lovers to put padlocks with their names on (like the one in Heidelberg but on a grander scale) they then fix the lock to the bridge and throw the keys into the river.  Can you spot the problem with the lock in the centre of this picture? I'm sensing a lack of commitment...

Picture 3 has to be the classiest sign for a McDonald's I have ever seen, if only the food could live up to the image.  

Picture four, what can I say? A pooch with a Mohawk! It beats a dog in a pram...

The last picture is of a shop front for a shoe maker, clearly he can make shoes for even the biggest feet.  The  shoes are seriously expensive but very stylish sadly I didn't have room in my case for them.