Back to Italy

Andy had to travel to Italy last week for work so the girls and I decided to join him Thursday when he was done.  We started off in Bologna, drove towards Florence and spent the night in a beautiful hotel just outside of the city.  The Tuscan country side was amazing and every bit as beautiful as they say it is. The next morning was spent in Florence, then it was a short drive over to Pisa. After that it was over to the sea for an evening of relaxation and a morning in the sun.

Click here to see pictures from the trip, or click the Italy tab at the top of the page. 

And here are a couple of YouTube videos.

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Ciao, Venezia.

I attached the pictures as small thumbnails here on the home page. Venice was just too amazing to post small photos, so click on each one for a larger view.  

Three days roaming Venice yieled over 350 pictures between Andy and I – yes it was that beautiful!!!

It was evening and very overcast when we arrived. And since cars are not allowed in Venice you travel by boat or foot.

These are taken from the boat along the southern coast.

The next morning started gloomy and rainy as well, but the girls didn’t care.

 There were masks to try on, and pigeons to feed.

 Not shy at all, are they?

Just around the corner we stumbled into the piazza San Marco. 

You may recognize some of this from the movie The Italian Job. The girls did, so now they were convinced that they were truely somewhere ‘cool’.

More wandering led to beautiful little streets such as these  and much gelato! Can there ever be too much gelato? Yum, yum!

And then there were the canals…        

And the canals filled with gondolas… 

I could have stood here all day and watched the boats glide by.  But there was still more to see.

  This is the Grand Canal (largest canal that passes through of Venice) as the sun started to peak out for the first time.

We had dinner at a great little place just down on the right. Sat outside right on the water and ate tons of fabulous pasta while watching the boats go by.

  Ciao for now.  Tomorrow I will add more pictures.