August 27th, 2015
Our last day on Lake Como. We were already so sad to leave - Adam kept repeating that it might have been his favorite place he had ever been - but we were so excited because Venice was right around the corner!
We started the day at the "beach", a rocky little lakeshore spot right next to the grand old Hotel Victoria. The water wasn't too cold, and it was a perfect spot for Boston to engage in his favorite activity, throwing rocks in water, and for CheyAnn and Solana to collect sea glass! (Or I guess I should say, lake glass.)
Solana getting in on the rock throwing action.
Lake glass collection.
Boston, at home on the private dock.
Gail, whipping up a delicious Italian snack for the road!
One last look at our awesome view before hitting the road.
The drive from Varenna to Venice was pretty long - felt like around 4 hours - so by the time Solana spotted and yelled "Ikea!", we were all ready for a break.
Something comforting and familiar about Ikea.
So since it was Adam's and Gail's first time in Venice, we decided to spurge a little bit and rent a water taxi to make our grand entrance into the city, just like the movies. It was so worth it! On the same day where we felt like Lake Como was the coolest place we had been, we had the same feeling while cruising down the Grand Canal for the first time!
Kids chose to chill inside the water taxi.
Welcome to Venice!
We were all so excited to be there!
Perfect! A gelateria right outside of the apartment where we stayed! The apartment where we stayed was steps off of the Grand Canal. I wish we had gotten a good picture of the route we had to walk to it, but the narrow passage-way was so skinny that if I had stopped to take a picture, it would have caused a huge traffic jam as pedestrians flowed through single-file.
As always, happiest with gelato.
Well, we often heard the advice that you just have to allow yourself to get lost wandering through Venice. Check. Got pretty turned around trying to find a particular restaurant, and walking times take 3 times longer than expected with this wiggly crew! But it was a really fun night in such an incredibly unique city!
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