Random Tash

We left Nice and flew to Venice on a cute little plane.

It even had propellers!

Venice.  The most beautiful city in the world.  It was breathtaking.

But once you get your breath back – that’s it.  It’s notorious for overpriced bad food, smelliness and there’s not a whole lot to do there.

I do think that EVERYONE should go to Venice at least once – but all you need is a day (max 2) to see all the sites and view all the views.

And the rest of the time you can stop and smell the flowers

There are no cars, bikes etc. in Venice – you get around by boat.  So we took the water bus from the train station to our hotel.  Here’s a typical “bus” stop.

and a bus

The buses were really crowded, so it was hard to manage with all our luggage.

We could have taken a taxi . . .

but we’re too cheap!  Even the “buses” were pricey – 13 Euros per person per trip!

There were tons of gondalas

but they were 200 Euros per trip!  Yikes – I am not paying over $300 CAD for that!  And just like the Eiffel Tower, I knew there was not going to be any bling bling for me

The ambulances were also boats!

Venice is definitely the place of water.  This dude was even playing the water glasses!  He was amazing!

Our hotel was great – the walls were even made of fabric!  And even cooler was that it was a 15th Century residence now converted into a hotel!

Obviously they updated some things, including the floor – in 1844!  Damn, that’s still REALLY REALLY old!

The hotel was great – except somehow mosquitos kept getting into our room and biting us!

We were really close to the Academia bridge -

which has some of the best views in Venice.

We ate a lot of pizza – and did find one great little restaurant (it’s behind me in the pic).

We went to St Mark’s Basilica

which was absolutely beautiful!

We spent 4 nights in Venice and had a great time.  Venice is a very romantic city – everything is beautiful and the city is filled with dark secluded streets so you can feel like it is a romantic date everywhere you walk.

Next recap is on one of my favourite places – FLORENCE!