Venice part 3/3

This is what I love about Venice-if you follow a random street, get around the corner, across a courtyard and down the stairs you can end up on the side of building facing the Grand Canal. 

That is where we had for the first time, now mandatory, deli lunch which consists of ciabatta, ricotta, mortadella and tomato. 

Back then I was blond and I’m so glad I changed my hair colour to brown :D Nevertheless, I love this picture! 

We have gone to a few trips after this and each one was planned better than the one before. 

      I feel like we use our time better when we gather all the information beforehand, that way we can focus on what interest us the most. 

In that sense, Venice wasn’t the best planned trip but it is the one we enjoyed the most. I think about it every year in January and with each year my wish to go back gets bigger. 

Not to experience the city but to take pictures with my DSLR camera. Back then I had a simple digital camera, borrowed from my sister. Also, dates on the pictures are not accurate. I don’t think I knew that function was on and showing the wrong date.

As you can notice I don’t like to write so much, pictures are really my way of expressing myself. 

However, I wrote more in these three posts about Venice than I did in all the other posts combined on my blog. :D 

      I guess I wanted to share some details and express my feelings so that you understand why I have so much love for the city! 

M

Venice part 2/3

When we got of the train that is connecting Venice to the mainland and after taking just one step from the train station into the city, we found ourselves in the most magical of places! 

In front of us was the Grand Canal, busy with gondolas and water busses, a little church and a bridge-one of many!

Venice is not that big, if you know the way, and because I knew where the hotel was, I offered to lead the way. It looked simple on the google maps, but I was probably looking more at all the beautiful windows and taking pictures, so…we got lost. 

Then we agreed that I am the planer and V is leading the way :D 

Fanny thing about the hotel was that the stairs leading to our room were very! lopsided. Also, when we were visiting one of the palaces the flour was very uneven, it was scary actually. 

Anyway, we stayed at the hotel close to St. Marks square, for a very good price, probably because it was January and low season.

Now, for all of the 6 days we were there it was sunny, most of the time we didn’t even need hats and gloves. It was also not too crowded with tourist. If (when!) I would to go back I would definitely choose winter again or maybe fall.

This is one of my favourite pictures! How lucky is the person who works there?!

During our stay we visited many museums and palaces and enjoyed beautiful art.

But what I enjoyed the most was walking the streets and looking at the buildings, the bridges, people, and how they are dressed…Italians are born artists! 

And of course, the beautiful sunsets! 

M