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We Wander Around and Explore Venice

Join us as we wander around and explore Venice! After finally getting our feet on Venetian ground, we rested a bit and then took to the alleys and back streets.

The many tiny shops were so fascinating in their variety.

<img data-lazy-fallback="1" decoding="async" width="2250" height="3000" src="https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_20191026_1807414877013097877313314.jpg?resize=2250%2C3000" alt="Shop with Venetian masks" class="wp-image-580 lazyload" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_20191026_1807414877013097877313314.jpg?w=2250&ssl=1 2250w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_20191026_1807414877013097877313314.jpg?resize=225%2C300&ssl=1 225w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_20191026_1807414877013097877313314.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_20191026_1807414877013097877313314.jpg?w=2000 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" data-recalc-dims="1" />

One of the many Carnivale mask shops

<img data-lazy-fallback="1" decoding="async" width="3000" height="2250" src="https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/00100dportrait_00100_burst20191026181720664_cover7470130881164306078.jpg?resize=3000%2C2250" alt="White and red Venetian mask " class="wp-image-581 lazyload" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/00100dportrait_00100_burst20191026181720664_cover7470130881164306078.jpg?w=3000&ssl=1 3000w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/00100dportrait_00100_burst20191026181720664_cover7470130881164306078.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/00100dportrait_00100_burst20191026181720664_cover7470130881164306078.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/00100dportrait_00100_burst20191026181720664_cover7470130881164306078.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/00100dportrait_00100_burst20191026181720664_cover7470130881164306078.jpg?w=2000 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" data-recalc-dims="1" />

<img data-lazy-fallback="1" decoding="async" width="3000" height="2250" src="https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/00100dportrait_00100_burst20191026183409987_cover2482087122273649720.jpg?resize=3000%2C2250" alt="Steampunk Venetian masks" class="wp-image-582 lazyload" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/00100dportrait_00100_burst20191026183409987_cover2482087122273649720.jpg?w=3000&ssl=1 3000w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/00100dportrait_00100_burst20191026183409987_cover2482087122273649720.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/00100dportrait_00100_burst20191026183409987_cover2482087122273649720.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/00100dportrait_00100_burst20191026183409987_cover2482087122273649720.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/00100dportrait_00100_burst20191026183409987_cover2482087122273649720.jpg?w=2000 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" data-recalc-dims="1" />

They even have Steampunk masks!

<img data-lazy-fallback="1" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1609" src="https://i1.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191025_221703-1-scaled.jpg?fit=580%2C365&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-1154 lazyload" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191025_221703-1-scaled.jpg?w=2560&ssl=1 2560w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191025_221703-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C189&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191025_221703-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C644&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191025_221703-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C483&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191025_221703-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C965&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191025_221703-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1287&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191025_221703-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C754&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191025_221703-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1980%2C1244&ssl=1 1980w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />

Pigment shop….so beautiful

<img data-lazy-fallback="1" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1920" src="https://i2.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_103835-scaled.jpg?fit=580%2C435&ssl=1" alt="Animal head masks, Venice, Italy" class="wp-image-1155 lazyload" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_103835-scaled.jpg?w=2560&ssl=1 2560w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_103835-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_103835-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_103835-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_103835-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_103835-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_103835-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_103835-scaled.jpg?resize=1980%2C1485&ssl=1 1980w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />

Interesting animal head mask shop

<img data-lazy-fallback="1" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1920" src="https://i1.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_165322-scaled.jpg?fit=580%2C435&ssl=1" alt="Pastry shop, Venice, Italy" class="wp-image-1156 lazyload" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_165322-scaled.jpg?w=2560&ssl=1 2560w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_165322-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_165322-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_165322-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_165322-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_165322-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_165322-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191028_165322-scaled.jpg?resize=1980%2C1485&ssl=1 1980w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />

….and so many pastry shops!

<img data-lazy-fallback="1" decoding="async" width="2250" height="3000" src="https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/00000img_00000_burst20191026182724840_cover5275674658715560579.jpg?resize=2250%2C3000" alt="Statue in a square in Venice." class="wp-image-583 lazyload" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/00000img_00000_burst20191026182724840_cover5275674658715560579.jpg?w=2250&ssl=1 2250w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/00000img_00000_burst20191026182724840_cover5275674658715560579.jpg?resize=225%2C300&ssl=1 225w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/00000img_00000_burst20191026182724840_cover5275674658715560579.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/00000img_00000_burst20191026182724840_cover5275674658715560579.jpg?w=2000 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" data-recalc-dims="1" />

We stopped using statues as a street marker as they were too numerous

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Love the omnipresent canals

<img data-lazy-fallback="1" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1593" src="https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191026_125846_2-scaled.jpg?fit=580%2C361&ssl=1" alt="Black and white photo of people sitting at a cafe on Saint Mark's Square, Venice, Italy" class="wp-image-1147 lazyload" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191026_125846_2-scaled.jpg?w=2560&ssl=1 2560w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191026_125846_2-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C187&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191026_125846_2-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C637&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191026_125846_2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C478&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191026_125846_2-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C956&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191026_125846_2-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1274&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191026_125846_2-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C747&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191026_125846_2-scaled.jpg?resize=1980%2C1232&ssl=1 1980w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />

We sat on Saint Mark’s Square and sipped a cappuccino

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Gondola parking lot?

<img data-lazy-fallback="1" decoding="async" width="1920" height="2560" src="https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/MVIMG_20191026_180714-scaled.jpg?fit=580%2C773&ssl=1" alt="As we explored Venice, we found the Hard Rock Cafe, Venice, Italy" class="wp-image-1152 lazyload" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/MVIMG_20191026_180714-scaled.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/MVIMG_20191026_180714-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&ssl=1 225w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/MVIMG_20191026_180714-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/MVIMG_20191026_180714-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&ssl=1 1152w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/MVIMG_20191026_180714-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/MVIMG_20191026_180714-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C1600&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/twoboomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/MVIMG_20191026_180714-scaled.jpg?resize=1980%2C2640&ssl=1 1980w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />

Hard Rock Cafe, Venice

Our first full day in Venice was just a day of getting adjusted to the time change, exploring, and the rest of the group arriving. Lots of food, great times.

October 27, 2019

Susan Brunson

Adventure, Babyboomers, Travel

Adventure, Gondola, Travel, Venetian masks, Venice

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