............ MORE VIEWS OF VENICE, where as you can see above , the water level is parallel with the entrances of the homes & buildings, and that's too close for comfort ! And this is at low tide! More in the Venice chapter of my Blog (far down below) about how bad it really gets at high tide! OK, I think I can find a few photos of high tide conditions to put here too, for those who don't want to scroll down that far.