Venice was amazing. The real thing obviously blew The Venetian in Las Vegas out of the water.
As soon as we got off the train in Venice, we wanted to get to our hotel to drop off our bags. We honestly walked up and down the same street no less than ten times trying to find the darn hotel. Finally, Robby noticed a piece of paper taped to the wall with the name of our hotel on it pointing down this narrow, narrow alley. The alley couldn't have been more than two feet wide! Hooray for travelling on a budget!
Our home teacher, Colton, served in the Rome, Italy mission and was in Venice for part of his mission. He told us we had to eat at this pizzeria called Antico Panificio. We found it and ate dinner there that night. Funny thing was that the waitress working there was Chinese. She spoke Italian and Mandarin, but no English. Obviously, not knowing any Italian, we attempted to order in English. She was having such a hard time understanding us that I finally decided to give Mandarin a twirl. Who knew Mandarin would come in so handy in Venice?
The pizzas were great and it was so fun to eat out on the sidewalk.
Being in St. Mark's Square was so neat because some of our favorite movies like The Italian Job and The Tourist were filmed there.
your pictures are always so beautiful! you caught Venice on a gorgeous day! all we had was rain & clouds. love the pictures & the stories!
ReplyDeleteI want to go to italy some day. I need to get myself a better camera. oh and our friend we went to paris with came in handy since he spoke mandarin to a lot of people when we needed direction. it was so weird to be to hear them speaking french and mandarin. no english!
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