Day 6 - Venice

A day bike riding around Lido and getting dressed up for dinner and a gondola ride that evening.  Plus you will see the fish and produce markets that were near our apartment.

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Mom and Grayson out the night before.

 

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Grayson samples some Italian coffee!

 

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Typical local restaurant serving up fantastic Italian food.

 

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Harrison shows his artwork.

 

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The fish market near our apartment and the Rialto Bridge.

 

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Both the produce market and the fish market were fantastic with about everything you could imagine, and all fresh.

 

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Everything like this produce is brought to the market by barge.

 

 

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We went back out to Lido to rent a four person bike we had seen before.  The boys had a great time, (but of course, they were not tall enough to peddle!).

 

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A canal on Lido.

 

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On the back of the Vaporetto headed from Lido.

 

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There are only three bridges crossing the grand canal.  For 40 Euro cents you could cross on one of these gondolas

 

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Here we are all dressed up for our last night out in Venice.

 

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On top of the Rialto Bridge.

 

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Rose as beautiful as ever!

 

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The Fullers take their first Venetian Gondola ride!

 

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Going under the Rialto Bridge.

 

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Our gondolier, Fabio.

 

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You must finish every Italian evening with some gelato!

 

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The Rialto Bridge at night.

 

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I fell in love with these teak water taxis the fist time I saw them.  Anne and I are figuring out how to buy one and ship it back.

 

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The front door of our apartment building.

 

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A typical Venetian delivery boat.

 

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The canal looking out of our apartment window.

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The Campo or square looking out of our apartment.  There were two restaurants and a bar which kept things lively!