A Venice Walkabout 2, Venice, Italy

It is not as high as some of the other platforms we already visited. Nonetheless, it offers excellent perspectives toward major landmarks. Close proximity of rooflines provides a different visual feel.

The surrounding courtyard is too small to fit in a good close-up angle of the exquisite staircase – this is the best I could do.

Walking through the museum, you eventually reach this portal, and beyond that, its pièce de résistance, the room called Domus.

Ca’ d’Oro is one of the top art museums in Venice, offering an excellent bonus of terraces opening directly onto the Grand Canal, with a close view of the Rialto Market area.

The libreria was the only place that I entered in all of my wanderings around town that was really crowded. Tight confines, lots of people – every photographic angle was full of posing strangers. As a result, I failed to capture anything of passable quality that illustrates the shop’s uncommon feel. For instance, in the shot above, I am actually standing on a staircase-slash-platform that is built out of old books. Any attempt to photograph those steps would have to include other people climbing the steps for a shot of themselves. I suppose I could get in line and ask someone to take a snapshot of me on the steps, but I only went around the line to the top of the platform to get the shot above. Oh, well, can’t win them all… ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).