Okay this will get posted a day late because I’m cheap and spent too much on this hotel to give them money for Wifi.
Anyway we decided to take in some more Venice this morning and we went in to see the Douma. Two things were kind of neat about this church one the ceiling looked like it was inlayed with gold and it just sparkled. So your standard painting but with dazzle. The second thing that was even better was the floor. Oh my, I wish they would have let us take pictures cause not sure I can do it justice. But it was like a bunch of fancy quilts made out of marble. The colors and details and different patters were amazing. There were rings, squares, even peacocks and other decorations. Going to have to search online for pictures of this cause the patterns were very doable as quilts.
From here we decided you couldn’t go to Venice and not take a gondola ride. So we stopped by the Hard Rock, which had a bunch of gondolas out front, but it looked way to businesse, Most of the gondoliers had sunglasses and
baseball caps. Sorry I want the style so we walked around till we found an alcove with just one guy and his gondola. He had the hat and look and all. We had a wonderful 40 minute ride around Venice, it was very nice he hummed a bit, don’t think he could sing but that’s okay he was a very good guide. Learned that the boat is shaped like a banana one side is longer than the other and it always tips a little to the right making it easier to drive.
After this we had we ate lunch at a great little place Joe had Ravioli and I had Osso Bucco. Yummy, Yummy. We then took the walk back to the parking garage. That’s something I don’t think I talked much about yesterday. Venice is like a corn maze where the corn is high and the
rows are small so you cant see landmarks to help you out. We somehow only ended up on one dead end the whole time but we sure did walk more than we needed to. They have a bus that is actually a boat and that be the easy way to get around with your luggage but then you wouldn’t see as much Venice and appreciate the bridges. We did see on our trip and ambulance, taxi, mail carrier, and construction carrier. All boats all very similar the biggest difference is they say on the side what they are.
So after Venice we drove to Milan. Joe let me drive not sure that is special cause I white knuckled it the whole hour I drove. Although the road was a freeway, the brakes seemed touchy. The car is also a stick so I can’t remember when to downshift or not. Well even with me jerking Joe around in the passenger seat a bit, we made it to Milan. Very nice hotel near the center so we walked down and saw the Doema. It is very different than other architectures I guess the style is gothic. Tomorrow we are going to go inside the Doema before we head to Lake Como to relax for 2 days.
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