Trips, Pics, and Tales

After our day of touring, we were all pretty wiped out and hot and sweaty. We went back to the hotel to rest up a bit before dinner. Keith, me, mimi and grandpop took our last bottle of wine we had from Rome (yes, we still had one left!) and went out to the courtyard of our hotel and had a little happy hour! It was a great way to relax and enjoy the calmness! The courtyard here at the Al Ponte Mocenigo was so quiet and charming!  It was a lovely way to spend some time!  The kids were up in the room - free Wifi called to them! We then walked to another recommended restaurant from our hotel. It was just a short walk and again – you guessed it, pizza and pasta! It was very good.  One of the things that we loved the most was that pretty much everywhere we went, we got to eat outside.  It seemed everywhere in Europe, there was outdoor dining.   After dinner, I really wanted to go to Piazza San Marco at night to get some pictures and Alex wanted som...

We finished up our water taxi tour by passing by the Doge's Palace and the Bridge of Sighs, right where we started first thing this morning!  W e met up with another guide for the walking part of the tour. Again we were given the headsets and we started walking. This guide immediately started walking fast! She didn’t say where we were going, but started practically sprinting. It was difficult for my parents to keep up at this point. What could be so urgent to get to? We walked and walked, dodgin g crowds of people an d then we arrived…where you ask? A public WC! Yes, a bathroom, that was apparently our first stop! She now started talking. She said it was hot and she wanted to get out of the sun. This would also be the last time to use a bathroom for some time, so it would be important to go now! I really thought this was a very strange way to start at tour! Ok, so after those who needed to used the facilities, we started walking again – off we went to our fir...