Monday, May 16, 2011

Italia! (Venice)

My body has been a bit confused. I have moved from the cool fall season to the warm temperatures of spring, an 11 hour time change, struggling with jet lag and now some congestion after traveling for 3 days on 6 planes to 6 different countries! Remarkably, all of my flights arrived at their destinations on time, and the 6 bottles of wine I packed didn't break! I was able to spend a short night at my friends house in Zurich on my way to Italy. Katarina made dinner, I unpacked, did some laundry and repacked.

My first stop is Venice where I am meeting my good friend Chris for a few days. Chis is a chef from London, Ontario, and is working in Lake Garda, Italy for the summer. So, with his taste in food and my taste in wine, I don't stand a chance of fitting into my skinny jeans when I leave!

Venice is an unbelievable place, magical and surreal.
Therefore, once again I got snap happy with the camera:)

Views from the canals of Venice




Water taxi from airport to hotel

Di & Chris with Rialto bridge

Entrance to our hotel - the coolest
 entrance I have ever seen!


On the street side of the hotel,
there is a Burberry store in front of me:)

Dodge's Palace


Bridge of Sighs - with a
disappointing amount of advertising
surrounding it.


Prosecco & people watching in Piazza San Marco

Sunrise at St. Marks - a rare opportunity
to see the square with no people