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Waking up to a hearty Italian meal of Salami and Mozzarella cheese for Breakfast we set on the streets of Venice to get lost in the best way I can think of.

I’m just going to make a quick obersavation that might sound silly.  Italian’s know how to make damn good coffee.  In less then an hour I had three coffee’s and damn I’m ready for more.  This morning I had an awesome Mochachino, and Cara had a Venetian Machiatto which was fantasmagorical.  The Venetian Machiatto was like a regular Machiatto with a dollop of thick fresh cream on top…. mmmm….. 
Must be something in the water here, or possibly the cow’s.

Getting lost in Venice is like loosing your virginity, it’s envitible.  A city built on 117 islands with over 400 bridges is bound to confuse even the most dedicated tracker.  Good luck with GPS to as you’re surrounded by Three/Four story buildings of solid rock with lanes no wider then 2 metres.  Even if you did have a GPS accurate enough to traverse these lanes it won’t help you that much as Street numbers are virtually useless as they’re a mixture of districts and long non-sequential numbers.

All of this can be summed up in one word: AWESOME!

Getting lost in this place is a pleasure as each turn brings a new flavour and experience.  The problem lies when your Wife is busting to pee and you have no idea where you are.  Arguments ensue, words are said, but after another coffee you forget such troubles.

I really enjoyed just strolling around the city and soaking it up.  The knick-nack shops contain most of the same junk as others on the Islands, but that’s ok because you don’t come to Venice to shop.  There are numerous Lace stores and Masks’ for the Carnivale as well.

Gondala.  Gondala, Gondala?

If there was one reason Cara wanted for us to spend our Honeymoon in Europe I think it is because of this.  Beautifully romantic and hillariously expensive we splurged early in the day to take a slow boat throughout the lanes of Venice.  The weather was a bit overcast, and the forecast was for rain so we purchased a cheap bottle of Champaign and jumped in a Gondala!

Awww what a lovely couple.   When I popped the Champaign we were just about to travel under a bridge and some of the on-lookers cheered with us when it popped.

In about an hour our slow boat tour of Venice was finished.  It’s a pity it had to end there because we were so enjoying our time.  The Gondala ride was definitely the highlight of our exploration of Venice…

Wi-Fi here is scarce, in at least the small part of Venice we’ve explored.  There is a Net place near our hotel that is also next to useless and at 8euro ($15AUD) you’ll be able to explore the internet like our forefathers did when tin cans and string were in fashion.  
We have many movies to upload, but it takes around an hour to upload 20megabytes with numerous drop outs so there is no guarantee.

The internet may be slow, but the Pizza is fast and hot.
Above, Cara consuming a $2euro (around $3.50AUD) slice of Margarita Pizza we found at a hole in the wall called ‘Crazy Pizza’.  I think I’ve eaten so much Pizza now that I am oozing with mozzarella.  
I love here when you go to a little Pizza shop and ask for a Pizza the guy will go ‘OK – 5 MINUTES!’ and start  spinning out a round dough from scratch.  And damn the Pepperoni Pizza is hot!

Lucky for us it rained after we took the Gondala ride, as it’s been raining ever since.  I was happy to explore Venice with the weather, it wasn’t pouring just this miserable mist.  I love it though because we don’t have conditions like this back at home.  Tons and tons of tourists are all over the islands and I’m so happy when I find a little spot where the is no one else.

Definitely taking things at a slower pace then in France.  I’ve read that Italian’s are masters at the art of doing nothing, and I’m more then happy to practice this.