European tour (3)----Venice

31 January (1)-Venice

7: 00 in the morning to get up on time, eat breakfast, in the cafe for a glass of hot water, Tip 1 euro, 8 point half-time on the bus.

The car all the way to sunny skies across the Apennines to go to Venice. The midway at the rest stop, he was robbed 0.4 to bathroom with assistance, it saw her husband pretty laidback as well in the snow on the taste of freshly squeezed orange juice, color red blood red, you can taste good! learned the lessons of yesterday, I asked for a cup of cappuccino, authentic!

Noon arrival in Venice, in a Taiwan restaurant lunch by boat to Venice Island, fog, mist in the apparition of Venice.

I came, I dream of Venice, finally stood at Smokey sqare, feeling your leisure and luxury winter.

San Marco square, was Napoleon called "the world's most beautiful living room".

Here every year, held a Grand Carnival, Carnival of Venice is also, carnival masks on a wide range of even more attractive. The island has many shops sell exquisite mask, each to the Carnival season, we donned costumes, in the Plaza Grand masquerade ball, celebrate this ancient festivals. Unfortunately, this year we had more than ten days earlier, we can see her style. Plaza East of St. Mark's Cathedral and Bell Tower, West quadrangle is the House and guest library, because Venice is a city on the water, it is said that once in floods, square water half meters deep. According to the experts predicted that 50 years later Venice Island residents will not fit. So the more you want to take advantage of now have a good taste at Venice. On the square is the first to greet our tens of thousands of pigeons, a mighty big waist round, good in me and her husband photography without being hit on the pigeon droppings.

After a guided tour of the simple introduction, after the famous bridge, our tour members will turn into a lane: here is a glass product manual workshop, know Venice is famous for its handmade glass products, so the world is interested and everyone together to watch the chef of the blowing process on site.

Really amazing, craftsmen, a glass pony's ornaments will soon build up link. In fact, this workshop is not large, the tool is also very simple, but the Venetian craftsmen depends on family of stunt and skilled craftsmanship, the blow out the shapes of glittering and translucent glass products, it is said that this technology is a family of hundreds of years according to legend, so naturally the price, a hand-made vase value 200 dollars. Even a small pendant is 25 euros. And here we are also fully appreciate the power of the merchants of Venice. Shop boss funny smart, in his eloquent, ground Lotus's instigation, our tour members have their pockets.

Visit the finished craft workshops, finally free.

I and my husband is the head and tail phase of curling gondola boat. This is an authentic Venice, it can be the size of the Venice River walk through, so that you can more closely touch this with hundreds of years of history of the city, careful observation of every corner of Venice. Also worth mentioning: the designated gondola Italy are particularly handsome guy and all dressed in black pants and black glasses, typical of Italy mafia dress, too cool. Boat crossing the River miles leisurely walk through a narrow place just enough two boat glide. Suddenly, the boat has employed a deep insight into water Lane, front, we came to the Grand Canal, Venice's here and the main street, city, high-speed road and river, due to its uncharted landscape, it may be the world's widely photographed the "streets". Here we see the former residence of Marco Polo, the Italy people if the spirit of the day, see every year, so many Chinese people came to his home town, will be pleased! half hours quietly and paid 50 ohm, we go ashore. Husband pinched finger, "17 dollars per minute, so expensive, compared to the summer palace of the floating restaurant, xitang, Wuzhen of wupeng boat ..." but saw me happy dream come true, husband laugh! because he knew the next goal more difficult, I visited Venetian shops!

The size of the Venetian streets there are countless fashion boutiques (I am not interested) and handicrafts shops, are all Venice local glass by hand, carnival masks, husband know I like parts of handicrafts, which certainly is doomed! so the couple who fled Po spend two hours: 137-Europe, purchased 13 glass pendant, 1 handmade glass ashtray, a pair of pewter earrings and two pins.

Price potteries in cheap manually. However we again realized the Venetian merchant's smart, pendant and not Pei leather rope, a leather rope to our 1-just crazy, no way, whimsical, I took on domestic Temple 2 Yuan to buy Chinese knot made the little girl's favor, the last two Chinese section for 7 leather rope. Stroll tired, and her husband walked into the cafeteria, where the local people, and not a day off, it's strange how this idleness, maybe this is a moment of Venetian charm! drink coffee, it's still early, and her husband a leisurely walk to the square, then suddenly found the fine, the mist slowly dispersed, St. Mark's Cathedral in the Sun's exposure appears especially solemn and magnificent.

St. Mark's Church is a typical baizhantingshi building, with large round arches, doors have color paintings decorate and gold statue, which establish a round roof.

Since entering the church you want to save the package, time is too tight, and her husband only respectively. Church-like quiet, ornate mosaic murals in the afternoon sun was quiet and serene. Outside of these, you will suddenly felt the time seemed to possess singly, solidification, it seems.

Out of the Church, he saw her husband brilliant smile sunset, two people walk into the River cares, close your eyes and feel the Alps in the North wind blowing down the river banks, also beating the beating the lines at the pier

Of various vessels. I lay in the Sun and her husband, Mark's Cathedral in the distance was bathed in a golden Halo looked so peaceful and solemn, that's how a particular moment, a once you have seen will never forget. This is the moment, let's put heart forever lost in this city so loved city-------Venice!

(To be continued)

(This is the moment, let's put heart forever lost in this city so loved cities---Venice!)