SB Discovery #4 - Gondaliers know so much about Venice that you might feel like an idiot in their presence

Quite possibly our favorite city so far, Venice, was a really, really fun place. Many people say that Venice is dirty and smells and is not worth seeing, but we loved it. We had an amazing Bed and Breakfast in Venice which I have left to the next SB discovery. Upon arrival by train we began walking to our B&B and after dropping our stuff, we began to explore.

First we stopped in St. Mark’s Square where we decided that we had to
feed the pigeons. It was really fun. I’m sure that they were dirty and most did not seem to need food, but we enjoyed it anyway. After buying a 1 euro packet of seed we walked to an open spot and began to toss some seed out. The pigeons recognize the food packet and actually start to swarm you before you even open it up! Emilie and Ellen went together first while Elizabeth and I took photos of them and then we switched roles. We enjoyed walking around some more after this. We had a great meal with some tasty sea food of course. On our first day it became pretty cold and rainy so we did not stay out too late. Ellen and I took a nice night-time stroll when the rain had stopped though.

The next day we explored a bit and then took a Gondalier ride. Our Gondalier was a real pro and he told us all about the city. There are some 100 churces and some 300 bridges in Venice. We passed by Marco Polo's house and would have been totally unaware if Emiliano hadn't told us. His boat was named for his sister, Veronica. We loved our ride.

After we got off we explored some more. We traversed the Rialto Bridge several times and did some shopping. Then we went to the

grocery store to get dinner. We cooked in our room! It's in the next blog!