Over the August bank holiday, we managed to get away for our first European, weekend getaway!! … Venice!
For those that aren't too sure where Venice is or what it's all about - it's a beautiful (but very touristy) city in Italy that does not have any roads or cars. It has rivers and canals as their streets and lovely old buildings and churches. Everyone either walks the cute little alleys (and get lost!!!) or travel by boat, water taxi or water bus.We had such a great time. The weather was great - sunny and cloudless majority of the time. It was a good temperature and not too humid. We walked everywhere and pretty much saw all of Venice just by walking around and getting lost.
A couple of the great touristy sites were St Mark's Square - or shall I say San Marco - great cathedral with it's full massive ceiling made of mosaic images. We climbed the stairs to see great views over the square and out to the Grand Canal. And then Rialto Bridge - a bridge with shops lined along both sides that crosses the Grand Canal.
Of course we couldn't go to Venice and not ride a gondola, or eat pizza, pasta and GELATO! Yum! … And the joys of getting by in a country with no English or no one to show us the ropes! Love ordering off menus that are in all Italian!!?! Lucky I know my spaghetti, lasagne, tortalini, pollo, funghi, bistecca, gelato and dolce! hehe
All in all - a fantasic first trip away. We experienced the lovely journey times to and from the airports(!) getting back late to go to work the next day!! The joys of London and weekend getaways :) - It was good to get away from the London "summer" which is getting cold and cloudy. I managed to get some lovely permanent jandels! :P
As always - more pics on my FaceBook.
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