We must have been tired last night because we slept in till eleven! We both turned off our alarms when we were sleeping, defiantly not the place to sleep in but I guess we needed it! To start off our day we walked over to the market to grab some fruit to eat while we once again just got lost in the streets. We passed by so many local shops all selling a wide array of things; ranging from leather gloves, kitchen supplies to so many baked goods. On both in the middle of the streets and along the sides vendor spent up little shops mainly selling masks, handbags and oh so many different souvenirs. I have no idea how they are able to all be in business since they sell the exact same goods at the exact same price right beside one another. Even though the walls within the maze of the city block most of the sunshine within the city there are still pockets of sunshine that beam down and luminate an alley with an angelic glow. On other streets are fully exposed to the sunshine and were probably a reason why we weren’t that hungry! Making us to be true Italians who don’t eat when it is too hot outside. So instead we opted to gelato! Now this gelato place was set like a frozen yogurt store, self service and all the toppings you could want! We quickly ate our gelato before it melted and headed over to our walking tour.
What was interesting is that the tour focused on the opposite side of the tourist madness where the people of the island live. First and foremost I learned that the shape of Venice is thought to be as of a fish, so it is all around the city. Also Venice is compromised of a 134 islands with over 348 bridges! Liked this fun fact? Don’t worry have more for you! Italy and Venice more specifically was where the first ghetto for WW2 was and ghetto actually comes from the Venetian dialect for dump. Also the houses in Venice are always prepared for flooding. In the front doors there are metal plates that slide onto the front of the door creating a barrier against the water. These metal plates go up to my mid calf; also during the rainy season in Venice there are wooden planks that are all throughout the island so that people can still get about when it floods! Instead of checking the weather Venetians check the sea levels: if the sea level is estimated for anything 80 and above they then can prepare for flooding.
After the tour we went back to the same pizza place as last night and again grabbed it to go and ate it at our spot along the water. Judge all you want, but is was cheap, easy and most importantly delicious! Later on we grabbed our bottled Bellini, (yes that exists and want it back home) and some cherries from our market purchase and sat at San Marco Square. At the square there were three different orchestras playing famous classical music and people dancing,clapping and watching. We watched the sun set behind the square and as dusk set in the lights turned on around the square and what a sight that was to see and just experience.