Venice (Third stop on the taste of Italy tour)

Our third stop was Venice. After the rushed busy city of Milan, Venice was a good break. The city is beautiful and so unique (since it is all on water). After arriving we decided to do lunch (some yummy pasta) and then we attempted to find our hotel. Luckily it went better than Milan, however our hotel was a little iffy. It was down a little ally and then we were outside in a little courtyard. However the room was clean and had a bed and bathroom and thats all we wanted.


We then headed to the St. Marks square to see the Duomo and Bell Tower. We went up the bell tower and really enjoyed the view of the red roofs and beautiful canals. Once again Kevin and I agreed that the money spent to see the view was well worth it. We then took our gondola ride. The funny thing about the gondola ride is Kevin had just mentioned we should find a bathroom, so when the guy went about selling us his gondola ride we told him we would think about it, but first we had to go find a bathroom. He then said he would give it to us $10 cheaper if we did not go to the bathroom. We agreed. It was a very relaxing, romantic, enjoyable ride with the hubby.













We then headed over to another island call Lido where we ate dinner (good pizza) and bought some groceries. As the sun began to go down we headed back to the main Island to do some night sight seeing. The city was all lit up and it looked amazing. We road the ferry all through Venice just to admire the sights and then stopped to see the Rialto bridge. After kissing on the kissing bridge (The Rialto) we went to catch the water taxi again. While waiting an older couple came in and said something to the fact of we love your sweatshirts. We were both in Oregon Duck sweatshirts and they were huge Oregon Duck fans as well. They took a picture with us "to show there kids that there is Ducks fans in Venice" and then we visited for a little while. We then headed back to St. Marks square to see it all lit up. We decided to walk back to our hotel which turned into an adventure, since venice is just a lot of ally ways.










The next day me and Kevin took a Ferry to Murano (famous for its glass) to see the glass blowing demonstration. The glass blowing factory was not exactly what I had pictured but it was still amazing. It was just three men at work in a little warehouse. We watched them make a horse, a vase, and then part of a lion. It was very entertaining. It was then time for us to head back to the train station say goodbye to a wonderful city and head on to Florence.