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1) the water rising up through the paving stones in San Marco square
2) us enjoying the sunset in Venice at the water front
3) Jacqui riding a unicycle in San Marco square
4) Hannah riding a unicyclin in San Marco square
Venice Trip 2
We enjoyed Venice so much we decided to go back. We knew that Nikki couldn’t take another full day in Venice, so we decided to do an afternoon, stay the night and then enjoy Venice the next morning before heading home. We stayed in a great room (that was really cheap because we booked it the day before) in a little hotel run by a foundation that sponsors research into Venetian music. The room had a loft where Hannah & Jacqui slept, and we had a lovely view of the rooftops of Venice, a little courtyard, and if we stuck our head out the window of the room and looked left, we could see a glimpse of the grand canal.
We wandered the streets, enjoying looking in all the shop windows, and watching the sun go down over the islands. We climbed up to the top of the Bell Tower in San Marco Square (thanks to an elevator) and enjoyed a beautiful view of the city as the lights came on. In the San Marco Square there are VERY expensive café’s, who “fight” for customers with small orchestra’s. We enjoyed sitting in the twilight listening to the orchestra’s fight it out, and eating some gelato.
It was great to be able to wake up and watch the sun rise over Venice. After breakfast we went in to the San Marco Bascillica to see all the amazing mosaics that cover every possible surface. We then went in to the Doges Palace (a palace for the elected Doge who ruled Venice) – it was stunning, but amazing in that it was built in the 9th century, but is the first fully accessible public building we have come across in Venice – it meant that Nikki could join in the fun, and not sit outside waiting.
We were really excited to come across some unicyclists from Poland in San Marco Square – Hannah, Jacqui & Steve all had a go, and really enjoyed being back on a unicycle. These unicyclists had bought some cheap unicycles to take on their round the world trip & were riding them everywhere – we thought that sounded like great fun (maybe for our next round the world trip?).
When we came out of the Doges Palace we noticed that the San Marco square was starting to flood – the water was flowing up from under the paving stones. As we were heading back to the car on the Vaporetto they were sounding the flood warning system, and there was water lapping at the front doors of the houses on the Grand Canal.
We enjoyed our time in Venice – tomorrow we are doing some sight seeing in Vicenza before we head off on Sunday to see the Last Supper in Milan.
We enjoyed Venice so much we decided to go back. We knew that Nikki couldn’t take another full day in Venice, so we decided to do an afternoon, stay the night and then enjoy Venice the next morning before heading home. We stayed in a great room (that was really cheap because we booked it the day before) in a little hotel run by a foundation that sponsors research into Venetian music. The room had a loft where Hannah & Jacqui slept, and we had a lovely view of the rooftops of Venice, a little courtyard, and if we stuck our head out the window of the room and looked left, we could see a glimpse of the grand canal.
We wandered the streets, enjoying looking in all the shop windows, and watching the sun go down over the islands. We climbed up to the top of the Bell Tower in San Marco Square (thanks to an elevator) and enjoyed a beautiful view of the city as the lights came on. In the San Marco Square there are VERY expensive café’s, who “fight” for customers with small orchestra’s. We enjoyed sitting in the twilight listening to the orchestra’s fight it out, and eating some gelato.
It was great to be able to wake up and watch the sun rise over Venice. After breakfast we went in to the San Marco Bascillica to see all the amazing mosaics that cover every possible surface. We then went in to the Doges Palace (a palace for the elected Doge who ruled Venice) – it was stunning, but amazing in that it was built in the 9th century, but is the first fully accessible public building we have come across in Venice – it meant that Nikki could join in the fun, and not sit outside waiting.
We were really excited to come across some unicyclists from Poland in San Marco Square – Hannah, Jacqui & Steve all had a go, and really enjoyed being back on a unicycle. These unicyclists had bought some cheap unicycles to take on their round the world trip & were riding them everywhere – we thought that sounded like great fun (maybe for our next round the world trip?).
When we came out of the Doges Palace we noticed that the San Marco square was starting to flood – the water was flowing up from under the paving stones. As we were heading back to the car on the Vaporetto they were sounding the flood warning system, and there was water lapping at the front doors of the houses on the Grand Canal.
We enjoyed our time in Venice – tomorrow we are doing some sight seeing in Vicenza before we head off on Sunday to see the Last Supper in Milan.
2 comments:
You are lucky! Very, very lucky! Hope you have a great holiday. The photos are awesome.
Jamie & Alex
:O jealous
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