Final Day in Venice

On our final day in Venice I was thinking to myself that I will probably never be back here again so I should go ahead and do a few things that, even though they are way touristy, would be once in a lifetime things.  So I did.  I fed the pigeons in the Piazza San Marco.  I think they know that if you stand there with your arms out to the side that you have treats in your hand.  After having dodged them all week while they have zoomed past my head at lightening speed it was a little nerve-wracking to actually beckon them to land on me.  But I have to say...it was really cool and I'm glad I did it.

Of course, as are all things in this place someone came up to me while I was feeding the birds and tried to sell me bird-feed.  Really?  I thought I already had some in my hands. 

The other fun thing we did was the three of us jumped up and back down all the steps of the Al Accademia Bridge.  It's one of the three bridges that cross the Grande Canal.  Kinda felt a little like a kid again...except my jump was more like a push off with one foot first then land sorta one foot at a time.  And I had to hold the girls while I was doing it.  It's really hard to do crap like that when you're almost 40...Geez.

Here'a a pic with the kids on the bridge.



Well that's about all she wrote!  Tomorrow's agenda is a train ride to Verona.  Ciao!