We spent Saturday and Sunday wandering around bella Venezia. It is one of those places that in reality actually does look as beautiful as in movies and paintings, if not even more so. Saturday we really just walked all day and got lost way back in the side streets away from the main tourist area. Maybe it's just because we've been out in the boonies for the past 3 weeks, but Venice struck as us almost overwhelmingly touristy and crowded. It was hard to move in the Piazza San Marco and the lines were too long to visit any museums. When we were exploring the backstreets and little neighborhoods, though, it was beautiful enough to make up for the congestion of the main square. Sunday morning we got up early and went to mass at the Basilica San Marco, which was incredibly beautiful. Listening to the service in Italian, in an enormous gilt church feels like you've gone back 500 years in time.
Today we took the train to "fair Verona" for the day and had a lovely time. The city is picturesque, the weather was perfect, and we visited an art museum in the old castle as well as "Juliet's house". Verona was the setting for Romeo and Juliet, and in the 14th century there were feuding families named the Capulets and Montagues (or something very similar) so this was an old house that belonged to the Capulets and has a lovely balcony and all that. Okay, very touristy, but still fun.
It should also be noted that we've been eating pizza at least once a day and the pace does not seem to be slowing in the future.
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2 comments:
Sounds alot better than chasing chickens! Jennifer Mickel
::sigh:: Venezia- such good memories! I can tell you, it has nothing to do with your previous location- it IS very overcrowded and touristy, though still beautiful. We couldn't get into any museums either, but we did get into the church and we did ride a gondola! Plus we only spent 2 days there. I LOVE your descriptions of everything, it's bringing me back there...
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