This morning we awoke to find we had provided a hearty American meal for the local mosquitos. Chomp chomp. Aside from being a little itchy, today was a great day. The weather was perfect, and all the sites were open.
We started the day trekking through the streets on our way to a grand church that was closed yesterday, La Salute. After looking through the stunning architecture we wondered around and got lost a few times. Something that has become commonplace here in Venice. Once we found our way again, we stopped for a sandwich and headed towards St. Mark's Square.
Once we arrived in the square we found or way into a museum where we strolled around and took in Venetian art. After the museum came the Doge's Palace, the place where the former rulers of Venice hung out and talked about how cool they were. It was a very impressive palace with large rooms and paintings everywhere. The prison was also very interesting with its dark, cold cells that would have housed many of the Doge's enemies. There is a famous bridge there, too. It's called the bridge of sighs, it connects the sentencing room of the palace to the prison. Legend says the bridge would be the last look of Venice for the prisoners and they would often sigh in sadness. Today, however, the bridge is covered in advertisements, and that made us sigh.
At this point we were pretty tired, so we went back to our room to nap (with the window closed). A few hours later we got up and headed out for dinner. We found a nice pizza place that told us they didn't have tap water, so we'd have to pay for bottled water. Yeah. Luckily the pizza was very good. After that was another round of gelato.
Now we're back at the room, planning our next few days in Florence. Hopefully we'll have decent internet connection. Either way we'll try and keep in touch!
Ciao grazie!
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