Honeymoon Day 4 ~ Venice (27 Jan 09)

Time passes so fast and it was already Day 4. Please go slower yea time... will be heading to Venice today, the well known romantic city in Italy.

As usual, we stopped at one of the millions highway restaurants for lunch. From Florence to Venice, there was no Autogrill, so.... RISTOP was the choice.

Spaghetti Vongole.......lala spaghetti.

Fish with mashed potato...

Pork sausage with mushroom... this was superb!!!

Hubby was enjoying his meal.... =D

Leaving to the romantic city.....

In the water bus....

Along the journey to Venice.............

We were reaching soon... real soon.

Piazza San Marco

Piazza San Marco (often known in English as St Mark's Square), is the principal square of Venice, Italy. St. Mark's Square lies in the heart of Venice and is one the most photographed attractions in the world. The square is defined by arcades on three sides and St. Mark's church on the eastern end.

St. Mark's Church ~ Ornamented with golden facade mosaics, marble and bronze statues, and five domes, this basilica is unlike any other. The exterior of the basilica is divided in three registers: lower, upper, and domes.

Fat fat pigeons.... Feeding the pigeons is one of the popular activities at this square. You can purchase packets of corn from the vendors in the square and take your picture balancing the birds on your arms.

Looking at souvenirs again at Venice, but they were toooo expensive. So, forget bout it.

And we were now leaving on the optional romantic Gondola ride round Venice which cost 15 euro per person or 90 euro per Gondola. Max person is 6. Please get enough 6 person for a gondola ride, otherwise you have to pay for the whole gondola at 90 euro. This ride took bout 20-30 minutes.

Murano is usually described as an island in the Venetian Lagoon, although like Venice itself it is actually an archipelago of islands linked by bridges. It lies about a mile north of Venice and is famous for its glass making, particularly lampworking.

This is the master/sifu in this glass factory and he actually demonstrated how vase and horse glasses were crafted.

Finally, gelato again... hehe.

This was the Villa that we stayed at Venice...