The rumours are true – Venice IS more romantic than Paris!
I love it.
We paid a huge sum for lunch (silly) and a huge sum for a gondola ride (essential) and had a lovely day exploring winding streets, tiny bridges, canals, shops; as well as the usual people watching and taking photos.
Gothic-Venetian window shapes
My first gondola spotting!
Ah, canals with bluey-green water. Pretty!
Apparently many buildings are vacant (though anything with plants in the windows is not, according to our gondolier!) because rent has gone up to around €4000-€5000 per month. The average Italian wage is €1200 per month! Someone who was born in Venice can’t necessarily afford to live there as they did as a young adult.
Bit excited!
After lunch
Look, we’re on a gondola!!
We waited for about five minutes with cameras posed for this bridge to be clear of people!
The gondoliers – but not as I know them in Gilbert and Sullivan!
Location:Via Cà Savorgnan,Venice,Italy
Szia, Steph! 
I want to go there so bad! And I also would wait several minutes for a photo op to be clear of people. Damn tourists!
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In that five minutes, my foot was bitten by some crazy insect and it drove me bananas all night with itchiness!!! Damn tourists X2!
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