Venice

The last week of April we went on a vacation to Venice.  Neither one of us had ever been there before and we were really looking foreword to visiting a new place and having a few days to relax.  It was a short trip as we left on Wednesday and came back home the following Monday.  Even though it was short it was a very relaxing trip and a great time.  We arrived in Venice Thursday mid-day and took a bus from the airport to the bus station in Venice and then took a boat-bus to a stop right by our hotel. 

We stayed at the Locanda ai Santi Apostoli, which was right on the Grand Canal and our room was one of two rooms that the windows were right over the canal.  We were recommended this hotel and got it early, which got us one of the best rooms available. 

We stayed four nights at the hotel and same most Venice and were able to also get to the Neighboring islands of Murano and Lido.  Murano is famous for the hand blown glass.

We were on the early side for tourists in Venice, which only made us wonder what the peak season would look like.  On Saturday and Sunday all of the street were packed with people and St. Mark's square was very busy during the day.  Thankfully mornings, evenings and night was not crowded, so we actually did a look of walking around during those times. 

While in Venice we met up with  our friends Margot and Claus from Munich.  They drove down to Venice from Munich and stayed in Venice for the same number of days that we did.  It was a lot of fun meeting up with them.  They had been to Venice before and were pretty good about finding their way around.  They also wanted to show us some of the neighboring cities and since they had a car they drove us to Verona for a day.  It was a beautiful day and the streets of Verona were busy with people as well.

We had a great trip and lots of found memories and definately a place we would like to get back to someday.