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There was only one thing on my list of things to do today and that was to visit the neighbourhood around my hotel. My hotel room is practically on the water and the small streets around it are filled with fruit and fish vendors, botteguas, cafes and tons of people just milling about. There is such a great atmosphere! It is also in the Jewish quarter. I've visited a few Jewish quarters in different cities and I have always found it interesting so why would this be any different.
So that led me to the Jewish Museum. I don't proclaim to know much about the Jewish faith so I do have to say that this museum definitely provided a great education. There were explanations of the major observances and included antique items that are used in those observances. There was also a brief explanation of the rite of marriage and included two ketubah. There was also a translation of this ancient text. The museum is obviously going through a rehaul and I think that once complete will be a beautiful museum. There is an interesting story of how the Jews came to Venice. There is of course a section dedicated
to those who were sent to the Nazi concentration camps in Poland. Just outside the museum, there is a small piazza and there is a memorial to those victims including a list of their names.
And from there, I just walked around with no purpose. Sometimes I turned right. Sometimes I turned left. Sometimes (actually a lot of times) I would hit a dead end and sometimes I would come upon a bridge and just keep on going. I saw fellow tourists. I saw locals. And if it appealed to me, I took a photo.
I eventually circled back to the general area around my hotel and I stopped for a quick lunch of penne alla amatraciana ... anything with bacon is tops in my book! And then the wandering with no purpose continued. I realized at one point that I started seeing signs pointing towards Piazza San Marco so I started following them. I figured that on my last day in Venice I should at least get a last look at this gorgeous basilica.
When I got there, the piazza was still filled with tourists and I then decided to give it another go at visiting
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For the Jews sent to Nazi Concentration camps the basilica itself ... seeing that the first time around was traumatic. I am so glad that I did because the line was quite short and there was barely anyone there. I got to go in and really see it as I had wanted to see it. I then made my way to the small museum that eventually leads out to the terrace of the basilica. It gives you a great view of the piazza and all of those crazy tourists.
So I walked around bit more after that but by that time my feet were burning. I got on the vaporetto but took the long way home. I just needed to see the life on the canals one last time. And that is how my visit in Venice ended. Venice was what I thought it would be and yet it was different than what I had pictured in my head. I loved it. I would come back in a heartbeat. So now onwards to Bologna ...
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The middle one, I assume?