Venice, again
(Just in case it's not apparent from this post, we went WAY overboard taking pictures on this trip...)
There were a few things we didn't like about Venice--the thousands of pigeons (although we got our revenge when we accidentally ran one over with our stroller in St Mark's Square), the high prices, the hordes of tourists (many of them feeding the pigeons) in certain parts of the city--but there was much more that we did like. So what did we like about it?
The beautiful golden mosaics inside St Mark's Basilica...
...along with the adjacent Doge's Palace (even if we couldn't take a tour because of Baby so our knowledge of what we saw inside was limited to a vague understanding of what a "doge" was)...
...the obligatory gondola ride...
...five days of crisp but stunningly clear weather (in the distance we could even see the snow-capped Alps or Dolomites--we weren't sure which they were)...
...the little Christmas market with lame crafts but excellent cheeses and meats...
...the location of our hotel on the Grand Canal (our balcony was above the two windows in the upper right corner of the facade)...
...water everywhere, typically lined with graceful and/or decrepit old buildings...
...and the total lack of cars--there are literally NO cars whatsoever and everything is done by boat or on foot (we would see the laundry boat pull up to the hotel, for example, or the food delivery boat).
There were a few things we didn't like about Venice--the thousands of pigeons (although we got our revenge when we accidentally ran one over with our stroller in St Mark's Square), the high prices, the hordes of tourists (many of them feeding the pigeons) in certain parts of the city--but there was much more that we did like. So what did we like about it?
The beautiful golden mosaics inside St Mark's Basilica...
...along with the adjacent Doge's Palace (even if we couldn't take a tour because of Baby so our knowledge of what we saw inside was limited to a vague understanding of what a "doge" was)...
...the obligatory gondola ride...
...five days of crisp but stunningly clear weather (in the distance we could even see the snow-capped Alps or Dolomites--we weren't sure which they were)...
...the little Christmas market with lame crafts but excellent cheeses and meats...
...the location of our hotel on the Grand Canal (our balcony was above the two windows in the upper right corner of the facade)...
...water everywhere, typically lined with graceful and/or decrepit old buildings...
...and the total lack of cars--there are literally NO cars whatsoever and everything is done by boat or on foot (we would see the laundry boat pull up to the hotel, for example, or the food delivery boat).
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