Scenes from Santa Lucia

For many who visit Venice, the first and last part of your time there is spent at the train station. It's not bad as train stations go - nothing like the full-canopied ones you see in spy movies, but it does the trick.

Here are a handful of shots I took at the end of my last visit.

Some of Europe's trains are more jet-like than the choo-choos that first brought passengers to Venice.

Here's one of the more utilitarian workhorses of the region.
As you can see, it's been tagged by somoene who obviously thought it should have "plus cash" emblazoned on the front.

One of my daughters re-enacting something from one of her books.

The guys who keep things in order at the station.

The end of the line.

The "pilot" of our train in his "cockpit", getting ready for takeoff.