Not a drop of flood water to be seen in this view from the Basilica San Marco.
That's the Doge's Palace on the left.
The chino-wearing Phespirit takes a stance in Piazza San Marco.
Local coffee vendors scowl as he resolutely refuses to pawn all his possessions for the price of a demitasse.
Aural evidence says that "Santa Lucia" is the only song in the repertoire of Venetian gondoliers on the Grand Canal.
Phespirit avoided boarding a gondoler.
