Venice ( The city of Gondolas ) 2

Here is a nice view of the Grand Canal taken from our Gondola ride. Venice is a really nice city made of many islands. We only had enough time to see the big touristy places.

I don't think our car would have done us much good here!

Yep, that's right... That is the Ambulance... and 118 is the emergency number like 911.

Oops, we did it again, we put another mushy picture up on the blog. What do you expect, we are in the city of Love and Lions and all that stuff. Anyways, that's our Gondola guy. You can't tell from this picture but he was sporting a nice Michael Jordon jacket. He sang nice little Italien songs in between the times that he would tell us the history of Venice of which we remember approximately 1%.

Yes we actually do really have friends in Italy. This is Kurtis. He played our own personal tour guide for the whole six hours in Venice for the cost of lunch. Not a bad deal for us. Thanks Kurtis!


This is a famous bridge that Kurtis told me about. It has something to do with prisoners being exiled from the island and this would be the last the they saw before that left or died or something. Sorry Kurtis, I totally forget. It is a very interesting story though when he tells it.

Does anybody have the time? I think not. All I can say is .... Different..... but kind of interesting.


This is a nice pic of St. Marks Bascillica. It was actually pretty cool to go inside. We got in trouble by security for leaving our hats on but is was interesing for me to learn that the island is sinking. The floor was like walking on a waving ocean. The city is making efforts to rebuild the sinking parts but I say good luck.

Thes guys really freak me out. What is up with that...... it's just wierd.
Aside from these guys, Venice and Italy in general was a really nice experience for us. We got to visit friends and see a part of the world we never thought we would. I would go back if I had the opportunity.