Gelato for Dinner...Our Trip to Venice

Here's another post from Alison and Laura.  We went to Venice last weekend.  Venice is about 2 1/2 hours from where we live in Rijeka.

Laura: This was our first European trip with Judy and our first trip as a family to Italy.

Alison, what did you think of Venice?

Alison: It was a nice place.  A little too busy for my liking, but who doesn't like having gelato every day?

Dinner in Venice

Laura: I did make a rule that when in Venice, we must have gelato on a daily basis.  On our first night there, gelato was our dinner.

Alison: Bad parenting, Mom.

Laura: Anyway, I should note that Caroline's gelato was called iPuffi, which was light blue and has something to do with smurfs in Italian.

Alison: I took a lot of pictures when we were on a taxi type of boat, so here are a few of them:

Laura: Alison, you mentioned that you thought that Venice was a nice place.  What was nice about it?

Alison: I don't know.  Maybe it's the breeze when you're on the boat.  Or maybe it's the beautiful architecture.  Whatever it is, I haven't quite figured it out.

Caroline and I had a lot of fun in the Piazza San Marco.  Here's a picture of her on my sore back:

Laura: Here's a sampling of some architecture and views of the canals throughout Venice.  Amazing.  The three adults in the family were continuously blown away by what we saw.

Piazza San Marco

At the Piazza San Marco

And here's a goofy tourist shot.

Beautiful masks can be found all over Venice--and as you can see, a few masked people can be found as well.  The masks are connected to (Mardi Gras) carnival; Venice has one of the biggest carnivals in the world.

I noticed that J.D., Alison, Caroline, and I sometimes used Croatian--unconsciously--while in Venice.  For example, we occasionally said "hvala" rather than "grazie" (thank you).  Croatian is seeping into our brains....

Alison: Thanks for looking at our post of