Genius Loci has had an intensely busy season – its sixth year and its best.  With our busy grape harvest period over, free for a few days from my cooking classes, gourmet wine and olive oil tastings and wineries tours, with ideal weather … literally overnight, we put together a short break.  Where to for a change of scenery and pace?  Venice –  with an emphasis on its Lagoon islands.

amazing reflections on a canal in magnificent Burano

stark contrast of color, material, period and texture  –  a beautiful weathered statue in Torcello

exquisite hand-blown glass ducks welcoming visitors to Murano

a proud seagull on the Canal Grande

remarkable stonework – Murano

my only “stolen” shot in the Byzantine Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta in Torcello

the sun sets on the Canal Grande

…to be continued with more photos of magnificent Venice and its Lagoon islands