We went to Venice for a long weekend, for my birthday – to the City of Decay, how appropriate. More pictures.
This year, my birthday coincided with the 150th birthday of the Italian nation, so I woke up to a military brassband and many speeches from Italian officials.
We got lost several times while walking through the city, but that may be the best way to explore the city, and there’s beautiful spots everywhere, which make you forget that you’re surrounded by millions of other tourists.
Cynthia wore a red raincoat all the time, but because she hadn’t seen the famous 1973 horror movie (“Don’t look now”, in German: “Wenn die Gondeln Trauer tragen”), she thought nothing of it …
We stayed at the Hotel Colombina, very close to San Marco square, and rode up and down the Canale Grande on the vaporetto, the “water bus”.