Venezia Continued...

One of the things Venice is famous for are its canals. Beautiful winding water ways, that serve more as roads, with houses and buildings on either side and elegant bridges curving above them. The houses found here are so interesting, built right on the water with boat garages and some with personal bridges to their front door. The buildings come in all different colors such as red, orange, yellow, tan, green etc. which radiate off the surface of the water. Though Venice has many famous landmarks and museums the most fun we had was just walking around and seeing the actual city. The little shops, the local people, we even got lost a couple of time which was fun too, a little scary at night but we always made it back to the hotel. The night picture on the right was taken on the Accademia bridge, very close to our hotel. The water was just magical at night. On the second day we had a free afternoon so we decided to go to the island of Murano, which is famous for its glass work. The glass was so beautiful and the island was as well. Murano was such a nice escape because it wasn't as touristy as the main island. Oh and I got the most amazing meringue it was light and fluffy but gooey in the center, it was so huge. There was a beautiful stone church on the island that didn't look like any of the churches we'd seen in Italy. On our last night in Venice we went to a Classical musical concert which played Mozart and Vivaldi. Then we went to one of the expensive cafes in San Marco square and listened to live music there too. After that we danced around in the middle of the square and my friend Shaun bought all the girls roses, he is such a gentleman. Venice is such an amazing city that is so unique, and to be there with all my new friends was such an amazing experience.