Venice->
We stayed in Venice for 3 days. It was lovely! I think I took a picture around every corner! I'm sure there are so many pictures that look similar, but looked so unique prior taking them. The town is simply amazing. I couldn't imagine living there...just so different. No cars, only water taxis, buses and gondolas/boats (which looks like majority of people own).
We did a large amount of walking...plenty of steps over all the canals. We visited the first 'ghetto'. There is a large Jewish community in Venice and this first Jewish neighborhood was the first place the term ghetto came from, which means 'outcast'. There was a huge farmers type of market, vegetables, fruit, tons of fish; all the crustaceans were alive. It was cool to see the boats hauling packages, products/supplies and trash. I got a photo of a dump boat, but for some reason cannot locate it? :O Here is a 'shipping boat' :P
Here are a few nice pics of Venice:
The last day we were in Venice we had planned on going to Murano island to visit a glass factory. Unfortunately it was pouring this day! We walked across the city to hop on a water bus, got completely drenched. Hopped on the bus, went to Murano wandered for a bit only to find that we couldn't get into any factories that day- they were closed to the tourists since the weather was so ugly. Headed back on the bus vs. any walking... wow, we were soaked!
We took the train to Florence.... Florence is beautiful. I'll update about Florence and our wine tasting excursion tomorrow... it's 1:02 am and we have to head out at 7am tomorrow... home sweet home! I miss my Jada and alone time :)
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