Day 6: Venice-Rome

Somewhere else I thought I'd never have the chance to visit.. A place that may not exist about 150 years from now, because of ever rising water levels.. There are so many things to see in Venice that we took a ferry over in the morning and spent the whole day walking around the place described as "The most beautiful city made by man"~ Sorry this post took so long, cos I had to summarise hundreds of pictures into one post.. :)

The weirdest souvenir I have ever seen~

Our ferry~

Taken at the pier~

On the way over to San Marco, one of the larger parts of Venice where most of the attractions are located, we had a guide who explained about the buildings and structures we passed on the way..

Awesome ship in Venice~

The globe represents trading which was Venice's main purpose..

Oldest tree in Venice~

Looks familiar? Another statue of Vittorio Emanuele II, first king of united Italy..

The Bridge of Sighs

The 2 pillars signifying the gateway to Venice..

One of the canals in Venice

We then went for a compulsory gondola ride, which cost 22 euro~

Our friendly gondolier, who tried to teach us Italian, and kept pointing out interesting stuff to us :)

Instead of rubbish trucks, they have rubbish boats.. :)

Police 'car' in Venice~

This is a 'taxi stand' :)

Rialto Bridge, spanning the Grand Canal.. The oldest bridge across the canal..

The gondolier amazed us with his skills, cos some of the waterways were this narrow..

Like an advert for Nippon Paint :)

After the ride, we visited a Venetian glass workshop.. supposedly the original Murano Venetian glass~

Watch the video to see how a lump of glass is turned into a wild horse in less than a minute.. The explanation is in Italian and mandarin.. I bet you will gasp when you see the end result! Plus the place was so hot, even when we were sitting so far away.. That guy's skin must be heat resistant.. @.@~

No pictures allowed, this one i took sneakily.. haha...

Had the famous squid ink pasta (Tagliatelle al nero di seppia) at one of the trattorias

The set meal included drinks, bread, seafood salad and tiramisu ice-cream for dessert, yums~

Its messy food i tell you... >.<

After lunch, we wandered ard the alleyways where the souvenir shops were located.. Found this as well:

Ferrari merchandise store~

F1 car~

We then emerged at St Mark's Square (Piazza San Marco) into the bright hot sunshine~

Beautiful St Mark's Basilica

The bell tower of the basilica with the winged lion of Venice on top....

You have to pay to feed the pigeons in the square.. Why pay money to feed birds abroad when our local birds are all so skinny?? :P

St Mark's clocktower...

The zodiac on St Mark's Clock..

Behind St Mark's Basilica..

At the pier before taking the ferry back to the mainland.. All i know is that it was super super duper hot!

That night we had dinner at the funniest restaurant, cos they used these cartoon bowls.. I felt like a little kid eating there... haha... Our Hotel was Hotel Park Serenissima where we stayed for 2 nights~~ A hotel deep in the forest >.<

Conclusion? I will miss Venice no matter what~ sigh~