Venice

Venice was the next place on our trip. We arrived fairly late and had an intersting walk to our hotel. The streets were pretty much deserted and dark. We had to wind our way around until we finally got close to the hotel. At that point some shady looking guy decided to help us out of what I thought was the goodness of his heart, but turned out to be the fatness of his wallet. Apparently walking 50 feet in the direction we were already going deserved some tip. I disagreed. Not a good start.

Anyway, walking around Venice was really quite fun. They had really good pizza and snacks you could grab here and there. The streets were all narrow and winding. It was just a quaint little place with lots of character. We had a good time.


A classic view of Venice down the Grand Canal.


A good view of another part of the Grand Canal.


A view from Saint Mark's Square. You can see both Saint Mark's Cathedral and Saint Mark's Clocktower in this picture.


Jen admiring the wildlife in Saint Mark's Square. There were pigeons absolutely everywhere. If you'd buy some food for them, they would literally swarm all over you.


A look across the water at another island near Venice.