Venice

We are in Venice now .... and our holiday in Italy is nearly over. Venice is a very interesting place. It is built on the water. There are canals instead of roads. In the part where we are staying there are no cars. If you want to go somewhere you have to either walk (in the narrow alleyways) or catch a boat. There are heaps of tourists here...all getting lost. You can tell they are tourists - they have their maps in one hand and their cameras in the other.

Here are some of our favourite pictures of our time in Venice.

The bridge in the background, Ponte Rialto, is famous all over the word. The gondola (the long boat) is a famous icon of Venice. We are planning on going for a gondola ride on our last afternoon in Italy.

 Check out all the tourists. They are everywhere...so many people. 

 John and Amy in San Marco Square. There are lots of special buildings in this area.

 We met this interesting character at the beach. He was selling hats and scarves. We thought he had an interesting way of carrying the hats.

Amy and I near Grand Canal.

We leave Italy on Wednesday at lunch time. We get home to Australia on ANZAC Day. Even though we have had a wonderful holiday it will be great to be home again and I will see everyone at school on Monday.                             

Ciao!!