The next morning (Sept. 15) we woke up early in Amsterdam and headed to the airport to catch a flight down to Venice! Easy, quick flight and we landed at 10:45 a.m. This was my third trip to Venice (first trip was with my parents, second trip was with my study abroad friends) and I was so happy to be back in Italy! (I'm half Italian and studied abroad in Rome so Italy is very dear to me and I was so happy to be back in the motherland).
"You may have the world if I can have Italy"
-Giuseppe Verdi
We landed at the airport, took a vaparetto into the city and by a stroke of luck found our hotel (in all my planning I neglected to write down the address - not my smartest move)! Our hotel was in a great location right off of a vaparetto stop at the Grand Canal so it made getting around really easy.
Our first stop was to show Nick St. Mark's Square. We decided to tour the Basilica later but I at least had to show him the square.
hanging out in St. Mark's Square
St. Mark's Basilica
We dropped off our bags and once again hit the streets in search of food. We found some delicious sandwiches and then made our way to La Boutique del Gelato. I did lots of food research for the trip and this is supposedly the best gelato in the city - we certainly thought it was good.
strawberry + chocolate gelato
nutella gelato
We did a little more walking around the city and then stopped at a bar for some more coffee (still had a tiny bit of jetlag). We then headed back to the hotel where even after the coffee I was in need of a nap.
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Rialto Bridge
After a nap I felt much better and we headed out to dinner. We then went to dinner at a place called Ristorante Accademia Foscarini on the canal right at the foot of the Accademia bridge. It was a pretty touristy place, but it was really fun to eat right on the canal.
view from our dinner table
pizza!
our dinner spot
Perfect way to end our first day in Venice! We spent the rest of the evening strolling around the San Marco district, taking pictures and enjoying the lovely city.
32 comments:
Venice looks so beautiful, I'd love to visit there someday.
Glad you got lucky and found your hotel! I can see myself doing something like that.
I've still *never* been to Italy, and I'm dying to go next year for our 10-year wedding anniversary :) Great photos! (also... love your dress)
VEnise is such a romantic spot in Italy. One of my favorites, for sure.
I LOVED Venice! It is so pretty it was almost like it wasn't real! So do you speak Italian? Mmmmmm gelato!! :)
It is so beautiful there. I went in high school with the band (I was so awesome) and don't think I got enough as much out of it as I would now. Nice to take a mini vacation from my desk chair!
Beautiful! Definitely want to go! My girl friend just took a job in London and I am SO hoping to get over there soon and spend a few weeks in Europe! She gets something ridiculous like 6 weeks of vacation or more, so we're already talking vacation planning!
So much fun! When I was traveling around Italy during my semester abroad, the first order of business in each new city was to locate the best gelato! It looks like you found it in Venice!
i miss venice so much it was my favorite!!
xo emily
Oh it looks AMAZING!!!
i didnt go to venice when i lived in florence and i so wished i had
Awww, Venice. What a fun time! Brings back memories :)
i loved that city the time I was there... great pics!
Beautiful!! I love your dress!
ahhhh VENICE!!! thank you so much for sharing these. Totally took me back to one of my favorite cities in the world.
Loving your bloggy! (:
I have always said I wanted to go to Venice and after seeing your pictures, I want to go even more! It looks beautiful!
Great shots! AND I love your coral colored dress! xo
yess, i'm taking notes! we're off to italy this spring and one of our stops is venice! i'm half italian, too, and still have not been to that old mother country :)
Great pictures! We booked tickets for Europe this summer and Italy is definitely on the must see list. I might need to pick your brain about Rome!
Ahhh! Love this! Venice is one of my very favorite cities! It's so magical! Best gelato I've ever had! :) Love your pictures!
So jealous - looks like an amazing time in Venice!
Definitely in need of a good Venice trip. Looks like your trip was marvelous.
Just beautiful!Looks like so much fun.
seriously in love with venice. your photos are incredible! x
I seriously have to go to Venice!!! Soon!!!
Loved all of your pictures and am now inspired, thank you.
I want to go back! Nutella Gelato: you're killin me!
I have never been to Italy and these pictures make me want to go soooo bad! We keep debating on Italy or Australia for this year.
ok now knowing this is your third trip...im definitely hitting you up!!!!!
Italy is my favourite country in the whole world and I would move there in a heartbeat. Looking at these gorgeous pictures of Venice has just stirred up my Italy lust again. So gorgeous!
I've just caught up on Amsterdam and Venice. Your photos look amazing and you had such gorgeous weather! I've taken steps to not miss one of your posts again! I had no idea you weren't in my reader!
Thank you for posting this. It’s exactly what I was looking for!
My goodness it looks just breathtaking there!
Really glad for you! It seems you enjoyed the trip! Colorful city.
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