We spent two full days in Venice. On day two we purchased all-day water bus tickets and headed straight for San Marco's Square. It was pretty crowded and a bit chilly, but we enjoyed the beautiful views and the sunshine:
Back home in Germany, it still felt like winter, so the girls enjoyed the sunshine as much as they could:
St. Mark's Basilica was so beautiful. Tradition states that in the year 828, Venetian merchants stole the remains/relics of Saint Mark from Alexandria, Egypt and smuggled them here:
We spent the rest of the day traveling around Venice by boat. Here are some views from the Grand Canal:
We stopped off at Santa Maria della Salute for some lunch on the stairs:
We took another boat across the lagoon to the little island of San Giorgio Maggiore. We enjoyed the views of St. Mark's Square:
We spent the rest of the afternoon riding on the water bus around the outside of Venice in the lagoon. It was a wonderful, relaxing day:
2 comments:
My boys loved the pigeons in St Marks square. There were lots of signs saying not to feed the birds but everyone else was doing it so I figured it would be OK. The birds came and landed right on their arms, and heads and backs...it was pretty fun.
What's with the frog??
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