Saturday morning means the fish market is open for business. All sorts of seafood from sardines to salmon, clams to octopus are spread out on trestles, gleaming with freshness. If only we had a kitchen to cook something in.
The fish market is just down the canal from the Rialto, a large set of stairs crossing one of the canals and lined with shops selling souvenirs and various trinkets. A little further along, via winding lanes and little squares is the Piazza San Marco, perhaps the best known landmark in Venice. The Church of San Marco is a beautiful building next to the Doge's Palace, also beautiful. The crowds here are lined up to go into the church. A little further along is the edge of the lagoon where the gondoliers wait to ply their trade - for a considerable sum.
It's raining and miserable today, unlike yesterday which was a magnificent sunny day, so it's umbrellas everywhere, making walking through narrow passageways tricky. Still people are out in their hundreds, the gondoliers are busy taking people around the canals and life goes on as usual

Fish market Venice

Rialto Venice

San Marco Venice

Doge's Palace, Venice

Gondoliers plying their trade with a water taxi overtaking

Clock Tower Venice