Day 6---7/30

We knew we only had 1 day in Venice so we had to really burn the candle at both ends. Our main focus was to get lost in the walkways of the city and to eat really good food. We did both. :)

I had brought oatmeal from home so the kids had that for breakfast. We walked to the grocery store and bought some water and some really delicious drinkable yogurt. We slowly make our way to St. Mark's Square. The crowds were massive there. We only stayed long enough for my kids to feed the pigeons. Tommy even got one of them to hop up on his shoulder! I'm amazed at how obsessed all 3 of my kids are with these dumb pigeons. They all want to catch them! I totally don't get it but it keeps them happy and busy. :)

After St. Mark's Square, we continued wandering, stopping along the way for some gelato. It was a beautiful, hot day....perfect weather.

We decided to stop back at the grocery store to make sandwiches (just like we did in Prague). We got all the same ingredients PLUS some amazing olives and a bottle of Santa Margarita Merlot (the wine was $5....and, who knew that Santa Margarita even MADE a melot??? OH! And, Santa Margarita Pinot Grigo was less that $9 there...much better deal than we would pay at home!).

We went back to our apartment to eat and took a 20 minute power nap to revive ourselves and then we were back at it again! We wandered through the Jewish Ghetto and stopped for some Peronis and pops before working our way to the center of the city to stop for a snack. Tommy has always (ALWAYS? The kid is 9, for heaven's sake) wanted to try fried calamari so we stopped at a place for a plate of that and of course, some pops and Castellos. The calamari was amazing and Tommy loved it. :)

We walked for hours longer before stopping for a mediocre dinner (I HATE that I didn't love one of my Italy meals) and then made our way home and to bed.

I LOVED Venice.....LOVED it. And wow, if the Czech women are beautiful, then the Italian MEN are beyond gorgeous. The people watching was so fun. Being in Venice with my kids was the experience of a lifetime. Next? Barcelona.

:)