Venice

Heading back to Venice today. The vacation from our vacation was nice, but will be good to get back to…

Since we’re in Italy we decided to catch a bullet train to Rome and see the Vatican while we’re here.…

This museum is fantastic. They really spent a whole lot of effort to make the displays not only functional, but…

Murano is an island close to Venice and is known for their glass making skills. As we were walking down…

The Art of Doge Palace This place has tons of great art. Much of it resembles the Eastern Roman style…

The Venetian government was quite a complex representative democracy of sorts (representative for the nobility anyways). The nobles trusted each…

The Statues The Mosaics And Paintings The Tile Work This is the most obvious difference between other churches and this…

Saint Marco Basilica is the most important church in Venice. It’s suppose to house the remains of Saint Marco, that…

By our second full day here (Day 3) we’re getting some ideas of what we’d like to do here. There…