Venice briefly

It has been such a long while since I've updated my blog that I really have no idea where to start. Nonetheless, let me just say a very belated Happy New Year to one and all out there. I hope your winter holidays were as good as mine.

We spent Christmas in Venice. I was in awe... and perhaps slightly sea sick towards the end of it. I haven't had the pleasure of spending that much time on a boat before so it got to me a little. Guess it didn't help that our hotel was 10 mins away from the main island by vaporetto. :) That minor detail aside, I had a magical time. From the shopping to the walking in empty streets, Venice was beautiful. Absolutely freezing but still beautiful. My favorite part of the 5 day trip was the Gondola ride. Our gondolier was awesome - easy on the eyes too! He even started singing towards to end of our tour. Dave was really pleased about that.

In all honesty, I was in Venice for the food. Most of the historical sites were churches and while I wasn't so keen, we still visited a fair few. Apparently, our gondolier told us that there are more churches than islands in Venice. How crazy is that? Talk about devout to the extreme huh? The food was amazing. We found a lot of the restaurants listed in the guidebook despite the confusing streets and dark alleyways and most of the recommendations were pretty sound. The scariest alleyway we ventured through was to Corte Sconta. The food there was amazing. The seafood was incredibly fresh and while neither of us ordered a main dish, I ate so much I could barely breathe by the end of it. Didn't even order a Tiramisu by the end of it. (Oh the shock!) See, I was stuffed! All in all, it was a wonderful trip. The only downsides were the weather (which wasn't so bad, just a little too cold for my liking) and the Treviso airport. But then again, you can't really complain about that since they are budget airline caterers.

My conclusion? It was beautiful. I loved it. I think I can wait to visit it again. After all, there's much more to see before a second trip to Venice. If it were up to Dave, we'd be flying to Egypt already.