We awoke knowing it was our last day of vacation but determined to make the best of it. We walked over to the Piazza San Marco which is the historic center of Venice and within seconds realized it wasn't where we wanted to be. Boatloads of tourists were disembarking and lining the streets awaiting entrance to the Cathedrals and museums. Knowing how difficult it would be to take in any more of Venice while standing in line we opted to skip the tourist attractions to walk the streets instead. Fast forward three hours and we'd found ourselves a lovely park, meandered through the winding streets and over nearly a hundred footbridges. Leaving that afternoon we really felt that even in such a short visit we'd feasted on much of what the city had to offer, its people and its spirit and charm. We spent the rest of the day fighting immense traffic on our nearly 7 hour (should have been 4) drive back to Rome. Exhausted at nearly 11PM, we checked into the airport Marriott for what felt like a quick cat nap before our 4AM departure for home.
The amazing jasmine blooming all over Venice
A Venetian streetscape - this is one of my favorite pics from the whole trip. The hanging laundry just screamed, "real people live here!" to me and I loved that!
The fountain in one of the parks we stumbled into during our walk around the city
The Grand Canal
A blooming waterlily
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