Venezia ! (pics heavy)

On June 23th it was my 18th birthday ! o(〃＾▽＾〃)o And I went to Venice with my father （‐＾▽＾‐）
He actually planned it to be a surprise but I was trying so hard to plan something he had to tell me (^_^;)We have family there but since we only stayed two days, we'll go to see them another time (´＿｀｡)

With the new airport Marco Polo, you fly over Venice ヾ(＠°▽°＠)ﾉ



And with the Ponte della Libertà, you can now reach Venice by bus ! (*＾ー＾)ノ It even goes a bit in Mestre, my father's hometown (^ε^)♪



When we left Belgium it was like 10~15°C, and in Venice near from 30°C （ｉДｉ） HOT !









The Pescheria (fishes market) near the Rialto (^O^)/







And fruits & vegetables market (Erbaria). What I like is they sell their zucchini with the flower. Venitians use the flowers to cook fritters (￣∇￣+). I still remember when my grandmother cooked that  ヾ(＠°▽°＠)ﾉ







We bought a slice of watermelon and ate it on the sea-wall





Then washing our face, legs, arms, etc



Since we're quite used to Venice, we bought this book (in Belgium, but we found it both in French and Italian there) (・∀・). It makes you go by point to point with Corto Maltese ; the places drawed in the comic, the places the writer liked, etc







1. Arsenal / 2. Piazza San Marco, the lion / 3. The last bridge in Venice without parapet ('-^*)/
There are a lot more, but just my favourites







Gondolas are not everything in Venice. Actually, only tourists use them. We use more the Vaporetto (same as a underground, but a boat).
Anyway, everything is by boats. Ambulances are boats, goods transportations are by boat, gire brigades go by boat, funerals are by boat and the cemetery is an island !





We had our hotel in Lido and in the morning what a f*cking breakfast ! I took the pictures, and almost 5 minutes later, it was filled again.

What you HAVE to eat/drink in Venice !




FIRST ! You can't pass a spritz ! Italians drink table wine with their meal, and in Venice, the rest of the day, they drink spritz



Torrone morbido. It's a cake made of nougat. Actually, you should try everything with "torrone" in Venice (☆｡☆)



Baccala and polenta. You should eat polenta everywhere in Italy, 'cause they cook it differently (but of course I like it better in Venice ｷﾀ━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━!!!)



Gelato (ice cream). Of course it's in the whole Italy, but you should try Venice-related name flavor, like "Doge Cream" or even Torroncino