A trip to Torcello, where the settlement of the lagoon began, to see the two 12th century churches, and lunch at Locanda Cipriani (or one of the other restaurants). There is a panoramic view of the lagoon from the campanile next to the churches. If you go to Murano, please take time to see the Basilica dei Santi Maria e Donato with its wonderful mosaic floor and apse. We attended a concert of chamber music surrounded by the art of Tintoretto in the SCUOLA GRANDE DI SAN ROCCO. I don't know if the concerts are regularly scheduled. We also were at a concert in the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (the church is worth seeing on its own). Also worth walking to see is the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo. It goes without saying that San Marco is the most important church in Venice, and not to be missed. Because we travel by train, we usually stay in the Cannaregio area close to the station -- meh, but very convenient for us, and a close walk to the historic Jewish ghetto and the Fondamenta Nuove stop for the traghetti.

We were in Venice early last October, so just before the floods. Like Jojo, we had a ground floor apt at the edge of a canal. We also ate dinner at outdoor restaurants every evening. No mosquitos. I did, however, get several mosquito bites on my ankles after eating dinner outdoors one evening in Rome. Bring repellant.

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As the blooms age, they start adding greenish tones. After several weeks of this, you get another change where the blooms develop pink/red/purple splotches like that. Finally, the blooms start to brown out. Some varieties produce a lot of this and others less. Try to water the soil and never the leaves so you do not get leaf spots. Use soaker hoses or drip irrigation. If using a sprinkler, make the station water close to sunrise so the leaves do not stay wet for long periods of time.Infected leaves should be discarded in the trash when they fall down. Spent blooms and all plant debris from plants with leaf spots (a fungal infection) should also be discarded asap to minimize repeats of this problem at the end of the growing season.