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6/03/2004

sanmarcoport

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There are no cars in Venice. With good reason, I guess. Boats are the only way to get around, or maybe you could swim, but I'm pretty sure you'd get sick and die. The water is blue green. Not like that pretty blue green you see in advertisements for the Mediterranean. More of a murky Tidy-flush toilet water type color. We took a water taxi to San Marco's plaza in Southern Venice. The whole place is dedicated as an open air museum. At one end is St. Marc's church. I've never seen a denser collection of statues, then the one lining the top of the building. Inside, the ceiling extends for what seems like miles; ending in massive gold mosaic covered domes. Saint Marc's grave is in the center. A side room holds the "treasure chest", a large collection of glass and gold containers holding human bones, teeth, skulls and even a shrunken hand or two. We

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