Venice

The first day we told Christopher that we would be coming to Italy he asked about taking a train. He has asked every day since then and we were finally able to take the train ride that he has been waiting for. We went to Venice this weekend and it was wonderful.

We topped the train ride by taking multiple boat rides while in Venice. Here are the kids on one of the vaporetto rides we took.

We stayed in a fabulous hotel right near San Marco and our room overlooked a canal. The kids loved that we had to cross a bridge to get to the front door of the hotel.

Even more than the bridge, the kids loved two things about our room. First, our room had stairs. Our apartment in Siena is all on one level, so Anna and Christopher really enjoyed climbing the stairs and looking out from their bedroom down to our bedroom and the living room. You can barely see them, but they are peeking through the bars in the picture below. Second, the room had a big bathtub. We only have showers in our apartment in Siena so the kids took the longest, most bubbly bath they have ever had while we were in Venice.

Here are some other pictures from our weekend in Venice.

A gelato by a canal in Venice. It would be impossible for us to visit a new Italian city and not try out their gelato. The kids approved.

And finally, how could she come to Piazza San Marco and not twirl to the music?