Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Venice

After our short stay in Spain we were on to our last country, Italy! The Italians (especially the men) were very friendly, although a bit more inhibited than the Spanish. They truly do live life with zest.

We spent most of our time in Venice getting helplessly lost between the narrow streets and canals. Venice is a pedestrian paradise as it is small enough to walk to every corner, large enough to entertain you for days and best of all, no cars! Of course Kim and I were hopelessly romantic again and had to splurge for the gondola ride. It's not really Venice without it! The ride came complete with singing and acrobatics by the drivers. We also enjoyed hanging out in the beautiful San Marco's square where the live bands were battling for your attention with Mozart and Strauss.

We were a little disappointed here by the Italian food. I was expecting a lot being a pasta and pizza addict and it simply wasn't all that amazing. The gelato however, was a different story. Venice had the best ice cream I have EVER had..... I'm salivating just thinking about it.


First View of the Grand Canal


San Marco's Square


Is Kim hula dancing?


Enjoying the Gondola ride


Another cute canal


The pigeons might actually outnumber the tourists


Venice by night

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

All I can say about your comment on Italian food is: "thank goodness!" James and I thought we must have missed something as we had only one meal of any quality the whole time we were in Rome. I had such high expectations, too! Oh well :)