The Streets of Venice

The streets of Venice. The color, the charm, the oddball houses.

The giant cacti, the giant sunflowers! Boxed gardens overflowing with cucumbers, zucchinis, lettuce and green, green herbs. On the front verge, help yourself?

Fruit growing on vines, trees, fences. Apricots, passion fruit, oranges, lemons, figs, olives. Bamboo forests. Bougainvilleas of brilliant pink.

All of the succulents: flowery ones, tubey ones, spiky ones. Purple, green, grey, blue, pink and yellow ones.

Quiet, shady streets of stylish condos next to quirky bungalows with overgrown gardens and hidden cuppa-drinking spots.