The Gems of Travel

My 2011 Photo Scholarship Entry

ITALY | Tuesday, 8 November 2011 | Views [518]

Silent Witness The job of a gondolier must be quite the happy one, what with getting to witness marriage proposals, serenading couples, dodging Vaporetto's....

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Hang Out to Dry
One of the things I love most about Italy is how the locals do not let tourists

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Gander by Tradition
The gondolas are an integral part of Venetian culture. No matter where I walked - over a bridge, along a canal, sitting by the water's edge, there was a gondolier and his gondola, taking lovebirds or a giddy group of friends drinking up the beautiful sights on their tour. I saw this unmanned gondola and stopped to admire the detail of its craftsmanship. It looked a lonely, but perhaps it was enjoying a break from the pressure it no doubt feels!

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