Venice, Italy

[jbwolffiv]

Momma Sue and I took a trip last April to Italy. Our first stop was in Venice for 1.5 days. The weather was not the greatest, but the experience was amazing! I will be posting my photos here from those first few days.

Grand Canal by John Wolff, on Flickr

 

[jbwolffiv]

We had to take a plane for 7 hours, a bus for an hour, a train for 2.5 hours to get to this vaporetto water taxi trip down the Grand Canal. You can see the Rialto Bridge in the back.

The Grand Canal by John Wolff, on Flickr

 

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Some early morning quiet in St. Mark's Square.

St. Mark's Square by John Wolff, on Flickr

 

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Here is a shot that looks a little like Epcot. It was a blast walking around and snapping some pictures and grabbing a beer or two.

Saint Marks by John Wolff, on Flickr

 

[ddindy]

A beer? In Italy? WIth all of that fine Italian wine around? Well, why not.

 

[zackiedawg]

Boy, that looks like you have to walk a lot, and there's all that water...why so spread out? Epcot's is better...you can see it all and not have to walk so far.



BTW - don't even complain about the weather - I'll take a gloomy or overcast or rainy April in Venice a million times before a perfect sunny summer day. Because the gloomy winter and spring months come with a few hundred people, and the summer months come with 25,000,000 people. Ugh!

 

[jbwolffiv]

A beer? In Italy? WIth all of that fine Italian wine around? Well, why not.

LOL! Between my trip in April and then again in July I tried 69 (insert joke here) different beers, most of them Italian. I couldn't believe the variety.

 

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The next morning offered some better skies.

St. Marks by John Wolff, on Flickr

 

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Across the canal from St. Marks

Church of San Giorgio Maggiore by John Wolff, on Flickr

 

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Another view from our ride back to the train.

Venice by John Wolff, on Flickr

 

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Here is just one of the many canal views Venice offers.

Venice by John Wolff, on Flickr

 

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And yet another shot of the Grand Canal

Grand Canal by John Wolff, on Flickr

 

[jbwolffiv]

It was interesting how familiar it felt walking in andn around St. Marks Square, it was like a larger version of the Italy Pavilion in EPCOT. Only it is the reverse, EPCOT is the smaller version.

St. Marks Square by John Wolff, on Flickr

 

[jbwolffiv]

This one makes me think a little about the Italy Pavilion as well

Venice by John Wolff, on Flickr

 

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Here is the Bridge of Sighs. This proved to be a challenge getting with all the tourists grabbing selfies in front of it.

Bridge of Sigh's by John Wolff, on Flickr

 

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Here was one of the "back" streets in Venice, we were searching for the oldest Irish Pub in Venice. We found it, this was not it, and the beer was meh!

Quiet Venice by John Wolff, on Flickr

 

[jbwolffiv]

I find Venice to be so picturesque, here is a shot from the Rialto Bridge.

Grand Canal by John Wolff, on Flickr