It is my nature to wonder about such mundane things work as construction, water, garbage, etc. in a place like Venice. But after five days there, I came across any number of these items, just as we were wandering about.

The first was on a water bus on our way to Burano. A mail carrier sat across from us on the water bus, sorting out her mail. She got off the bus with us on Burano Island.

Construction was happening all over Venice. We saw lots of cranes operating and many construction projects. They looked very normal. Of course, the weight of all the construction is helping to sink Venice into the lagoon, causing the flooding.

This underground crew was hard at work in a plaza. I only did a minimum of supervising this crew. They seemed to be right on top of things.

People in Venice no doubt move housing locations like anyone else in the world. These guys were moving all the household furniture from a place nearby and putting it in their boat.

Garbage disposal was something that I was very curious about. These next three photos will show the process as I observed it.