Now, here is the exciting part about the Venezia trip, my parents were also in Venezia! I was the only one who knew about it and had coordinated with my parents so we would be in the same place at the same time.
So, Armando, Nonno, and myself got in line to go inside St. Mark's Basilica.
My parents were on their way but had to walk most of the way since their water bus broke down. Since they were not nearby I decided to go inside and get tickets to go to the top. The 3 of us walked up the stairs (Nonno is in such good shape for 85) and we walked around outside and I took some pictures.
Then we moved to the other side of the church that looks over St. Mark's Square. I asked Armando to take a picture of Nonno and myself and as I looked over, I spotted my mom and dad down in the square. I turned to Nonno and tried to point them out but the macular degeneration sort of prevents him from seeing well and I just had to convince him that they were there. Armando finally came over and spotted them too and gave me a few whacks on the head, which really hurt! Nonno was so surprised and so happy. I have honestly never seen him happier in my life.
Can you find them? They are at the bottom of the lamp post, on your right hand side. My mom is in a blue-white striped shirt and my dad looks like he is waving and in khaki colors.
Even though we were all excited to go down so see my parents, I wanted to finish looking around the church and see the exhibits.
So we did, but we definitely went through the church quickly. When we found them outside, it was like a movie, well to be honest the entire scene on top of the church was straight out of a movie, but I ran to great my parents. Everyone was just so happy to see each other and I was very pleased that it all worked out so nicely.
However, I still wanted to see a lot of things in Venezia so I walked them all over to the Correr Museum.
After lunch we all went to the Doge's Palace.
The photo on the left is of a smaller version of the one located in the Roman Forum, but the legend says if you stick your hand in the mouth, and you are a lier, your hand will be bitten off. I have to admit, I was too scared to try it!
Mom and I in the prison cells in the Doge's Palace.
But I had finally worn Nonno out and his knees were bothering him so the guys all headed back to the hotel and mom and I ventured around some more. You would think they would take the water bus back to the hotel, but Nonno is more terrified of the water than he is of dealing with the pain in his knees, so they walked! Mom and I wandered through Venezia and somehow managed to find out way to the Rialto Bridge. I did not completely understand why it was so complicated to get around Venezia by foot until I experienced it and there are just so many bridges and canals, that it is very easy to get lost or turned around or both!
I had one other museum on my list but by the time we found it, it was closed. We did manage to find our way back to the hotel by foot though, which was quite an accomplishment! Dinner was fast approaching we all took a walk nearby the hotel and tried to find a place for dinner, but nothing amazing stood out, so we settled on one close by. After dinner, we walked over to the New Bridge and strolled down the river bank.
And this just made me laugh because obviously it is easier to travel by boat in Venezia, I just was so surprised to see an ambulance on boat too!
On our way back, mom and I grabbed some gelato and finally went to bed.
2 comments:
Nicole, you have convinced me---I need to go to Italy someday.
i love the picture of you and your mom!
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