Our stay in Paris was short and there were many places left to visit (or re-visit) but we were excited to head to Venice. It seems Paris and Venice compete with each other as to which is the most romantic city in the world but we found they were unique in their own ways and they turned out to be just equal contenders to that title!

Venice has no roads and no cars, only boats and bridges! Navigating in Venice is thus really slow. We got lost a couple times when walking since some sections of Venice are only linked by a single bridge. The gondolas can always be used for $160 per hour … Fortunately, Venice is a very small city and we could cover large areas by just walking and crossing bridges. It is sad to know that this ancient and beautiful city has been sinking at a higher pace, due to both a lowering of the ground and an increase in tidal level. At night, the tidal waves are high and scary at first, and got us wet a few times. We saw a lot of construction work as part of of a project to keep Venice above water. Hopefully, Venice can be saved!