Venice

Venice Day 5 (part 2) – Doge Palace

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

Venice Day 5 (part 1) – Doge Palace

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

Venice Day 4 (part 2) – Saint Marco Basilica

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

Venice Day 4 (part 1) – Saint Marco Basilica

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

Venice Day 3 – Walking Around Again

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

Venice Day 2 – Lets Check This Place Out!

Yesterday the plane trip from Barcelona to Venice went smoothly. We got into the airport at night, figured out how…