La Tempesta

Today, after some much needed sleep, we wandered around the Dorsoduro area of Venice which is near our hotel. On our way we stopped at a local pizza shop and grabbed a couple of slices. Our next stop was the Gallerie dell' Accedemia which houses a very famous painting, La Tempesta by Giorgione. This is the painting that Leslie was anxious to see, so it was pretty funny when she walked right past it.



The rest of the works were interesting, but all rather dark and gloomy. After zipping through the rest of the tour, we stopped off at a Gelateria for a delicious cappuccino and amazing gelato. I had one scoop of lemon and one scoop of chocolate, which was an outstanding combination.

 

From there we wandered north, slowly winding our way toward the train station to book our tickets to Florence for tomorrow. That process was surprisingly easy and we had no trouble with the automatic ticket machines.

It's neat to just walk around the city and see all the people. Venice is mostly a tourist trap, but it's still a beautiful place and unique from any other city in the world. There really are no cars here and everyone gets around on boats using the canals. They literally step out of their front door and hop into boats. Where else can you find that?

Tonight we're going to have a nice dinner with some good wine and then top it off with a few Belinis at Harry's Bar per Roland's suggestion. Tomorrow we are off to Florence!