Love Venice (12-June)

For our last day in Venice, we decided to visit a beach! So we made our way into the city and hopped on a water taxi to take us to the small island of Lido. We must have picked the longest boat route possible because I think we rode around for over an hour, haha. At least we got seats on the back (and open-air section!) of the boat!! There were about 10-11seats out there, but probably nearly 20 idiot people trying to squish in the standing room to take pictures. Sooo annoying, and we were hardly able to see anything ourselves because of it! They were stumbling all over and bumping into people... one guy stepped, and stood for a while, on my foot. Another chick was literally half-sitting/leaning ON Clare, pushing her part way off her seat. Ridiculous, yet somehow amusing. One girl and her boyfriend seemed to think they were in the middle of a big-time photo shoot. Oh well... what an adventure! :)

Stopped for lunch and then headed to the beach!! It was a public beach with lots of "stuff" set up for the people (ie: restaurants, volleybaall courts, chairs, restrooms, etc). The down-side? I think anyone who lived anywhere near Venice was there that day! haha, it was so crowded and made it kinda hard to relax. It didn't help that a big group of total douchebag dudes decided that playing a full-on game of futbol would be a great idea! So there we sit, wondering when it would be our turn to get hit in the head with their damn soccer ball... they were kicking it into tons of people, and even a small child! With NO apology, moving the game, or (the best idea!) putting an end to it altogether. The mother started yelling at them and removed the sticks they'd placed in the sand as goal markers, haha! Those a-holes put them right back and kept playing! These guys were real pieces of work, lemme tell ya. Then they hit some other lady and her husband tried to pick fights with them for the next half an hour... quality entertainment! :) 

I got in the water because, c'mon, I'm in Venice!! Unfortunately, it was fairly dirty with debris/trash, but it still felt nice and I couldn't pass up the opportunity! After a bit, we headed back and I took a nice nap on the water taxi to the main island. Showered up and had dinner at the restaurant near our hotel. We discovered that their gnocchi is OUTSTANDING, and that mushroom sauce is even MORE outstanding! Mmm... I'm salivating just thinking about it!! hehe... A+ for sure!