A Belated Valentine's Day In Venice

Fabio and I spent yet another Valentine's Day apart this year. He promised he would make it up to me, and boy did he ever! We went to Venice! It's a 5 1/2 hour drive, and despite a few hiccups like the GPS totally getting us lost and us almost missing the last vaparetto (water bus) at 11:40pm, we arrived safe and sound on Friday night. Saturday was a lovely day. We decided to just have a slow, relaxing day, wandering the streets and canals, taking photos, eating pizza and gelato. We had no agenda and just enjoyed the city and getting lost.

The highlight of our mini trip was seeing a live Vivaldi concert (featuring The Four Seasons) in a theater on Piazza San Marco. Probably cliche and definitely touristy, but I enjoyed every second of it! I think Fabio enjoyed it too. :) FYI, Vivaldi is one of the most famous Venetians and composed much of his music in Venice.

Here are some of the highlights of our Valentine's Day in Venice:









We had fun experimenting with our new camera at night. Fabio was so impressed with the idea of shutter speed, etc. Once he saw how much fun it was, he promptly took the camera and put it around HIS neck. :)

Sunday was less eventful since most of it was spent driving home. The one thing worth mentioning is that we took the "long" drive home through the German speaking part of Italy. I had a history lesson on this from Fabio. Apparently, after WWI, this former Austrian land was given over to Italy. When you drive through it now, you can see that the buildings are all very Germanic, and everything is written in Italian and German! We also drove through Austria and Liechtenstein. 4 countries in about 3 hours. :) Only in Europe!