We started at Palazzo Ducale with our tour guide. It’s a beautiful building and different than what we saw in Rome & Florence. It was used for government business and also had a jail. There is a big room that almost looks like a grand ballroom. It doesn’t have any columns supporting the ceiling in the middle of the room because they hired ship builders to build the room. It’s essentially an upside ship hull. We also got to walk through the Bridge of Sighs.
After the palace, we went to the Cathedral of San Marco. It was stunning but we weren’t allowed to take any pictures. The ceilings were covered in gold mosaics. Such a different style from the other churches we have seen.
After the church, we went to see a glass blowing demonstration and shopped in the store a little. It’s so impressive what they can do with glass.
After leaving our group, we wandered Venice for the rest of the day and had lunch at this great Osteria. The men who were running the restaurant were jamming out to American 80s music and making really good food. After lunch, we stopped at this famous bookstore: Acqua Alta (high water). They have taken some of the books damaged in floods and made stairs out of them.
We wandered around Venice for the rest of the day. We got gelato at Suso: mint & dark chocolate for me, chocolate orange and toffee caramel for Mom. After resting in the hotel for a while, we went out for dinner and then went to see a performance of Vivaldi by musicians in period costumes.
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