venice

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i can not believe how slow it has taken me to post our italy trip!! but this pregnancy has been a tough one. i throw up EVERY single morning. without fail. i can't keep up with anything! every now and then i catch myself day dreaming about our trip to italy. we can't wait to go back

we arrived in venice sunday evening. i had originally planned on getting to venice early monday morning and just spending the entire day there. friends and family who had been to italy had said that venice was their least favorite (besides my mother in law who loved it) and that you only needed to spend a day there. ryan decided sunday afternoon he just wanted to get there and stay the night. i am so glad we did that. venice at night was way better than during the day. being in st. marks square at night was one of the best things ever! the whole square is lit up and there are all these cafes with orchestras playing beautiful music. we went to cafe florian and had some dinner and hot chocolate and listened to some music. oh i wish i were back there... we then walked around the city. venice is fascinating. we really liked it. the next day we slept in pretty late. then we did exactly what rick steves suggested: got lost! we just wandered through ally ways, shopped around (i really wanted to bring home a hand made venetian lace table cloth) and took a gondola ride. i loved venice!