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| Excited |
Venice was not on my bucket list. I honestly thought that it was going to end up overrated and tourist-y, not to mention expensive. Going to the Venetian in Las Vegas was close enough, right?
I was very wrong. Venice is amazing.
We visited for a few hours at the beginning of January (picture here and Ethan's post here) and got a small taste of what the city was like. Riding the vaporetto (water bus) was exciting, but cold. The architecture was impressive, and the tiny streets were fun to explore. Lunch with our friends was fun and delicious. The boys were intrigued by the scaffolding they had around town for when there were floods. We knew we would return at least once, so we weren't worried about trying to do everything during that visit.
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| Also excited |
When we told some of the other parents here that we were going to Venezia, they were concerned about there being 'acqua alta', or flooding. Dave checked the forecast, and I did some Internet research to learn more about it. Despite the concerns of the Padovans, everything we found suggested that the flooding would be within the norms. The weekend would be a fine time to visit, because the city continues to operate normally during small floods.
Immediately after leaving the train station, we could see that the Grand Canal was high. The boys changed into the rain boots that we bought at the market that morning while Dave bought vaporetto tickets. There were warnings that some of the stops were closed due to flooding, but we rode all the way to St. Mark's on the regular route.
