Day 3: Amaretto or Strawberry

Today was our first full day in Venice. We began the day with an early morning walk through town to San Marco square, grabbing delicious freshly baked chocolate croissants on the way. Because we were up early, we got a chance to see the square without the huge crowds of tourists, so I took a few pictures (shown below.)

Then, we all went to a cafe in a nearby square for breakfast. We all ordered crepes except for my dad who ordered gelato in four favors: coffee, chocolate, pistachio, and strawberry (photo below.) We decided all Italian gelato is flavored very strongly. My vote for Flavor of the Day goes to strawberry. There were also tons of other goodies there! (photo below)

Then, we went over to two other islands, Dorsoduro and San Polo. (Our apartment and the breakfast place are both on San Marco.) We walked around and got lost a few times, but got a good taste of Venice (photo below.) We also got some gelato! I had chocolate and raspberry,although I didn't know it was raspberry at the time since the sign was in Italian. Amy got amaretto and another mystery flavor that we never quite figured out. Amy's vote for Flavor of the Day goes to amaretto.

Then we went to Grande Suola San Rocco, the great school. Apparently, San Rocco was a guy who fought the plague, then got the plague and was saved by a dog who brought him bread in the forest. Weird. The artwork there is supposed to rival the Sistine Chapel. I guess we'll find out when we go to Rome!