Venice, Part 1

Italy is hot.  Everyone told us that Venice was crowded and dirty.  That the worst time to go would be in July or August. 

We went to Venice in July and we loved it.  Yes it was hot, but we haven't been Hot in a year, so we didn't mind it too much.  We loved Venice.  We tried to stay away from the crowds and we didn't find it to be too dirty.  I think having "low" expectations helped us to have a fantastic time.  It was quite neat to wonder all over the bridges.

We wondered the back alleys.  The boys loved getting "lost" in Venice.

Notice:  Nobody is around us!  It was wonderful.

Got all my ducks in a row.

Refilling our waterbottles at a fountain.  We weren't quite sure that it was safe, but didn't end up getting sick.

By the Rialto Bridge.  Now we find a lot of people around.  We saw and then got lost again.

In front of San Marco.  We wondered for half the day trying to find this place.  With all the people around, I was glad that we chose to walk and not take a boat to the Plaza.

San Marco's plaza is packed with pigeons that will eat out of your hands.  Darin threatened and scared the boys about all the diseases they would get from the birds, but I told them to go ahead I had hand sanitizer.  They loved this part.