| a love affair: the many doors of europe |

i fell in love with the architecture in europe, specifically, the doors.  who knew?  the brown and emerald colors were what really caught my eye: they were all unique and beautiful.  i have so many photos of doors from throughout our travels: paris, rome, venice and all around umbria.  here are a few i wanted to share..xx

| venice island hopping |

one of my favorite things about venice was getting on the vaporetto and island hopping.  It took about 30 minutes from our taxi stop to get to murano then another 20 or so to get to burano.  If you tend to get seasick I would recommend taking something: the waters are a bit rough.
we spent our day on murano and burano wandering around: murano is known for their beautiful blown glass and burano is known for their lace.  I loved all the colored buildings on both islands; I could have spent all day walking up and down the narrow alleys looking at all the cute houses. one of my favorite parts of the day was grabbing a big ol' pizza at a local pizzeria and eating it at a nearby park- burano had tons of little parks where the locals were hanging out.  here's a glimpse into our island hopping day. enjoy! xo

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| exploring beautiful venice |

another day in venice was filled with loads of bridges and following this guide.  there is so much amazing architecture in italy.  I have found a huge addiction in european doors and terraces: the doors are all so unique (i'll do a "door" post later) and the terraces are filled with gardens, laundry and people enjoying life and it just seems so....peaceful.  i loved that in venice there were no cars.  Coming from Rome, France and UK you suddenly have an appreciation of the whole "i'm not going to get hit by a car today" mentality and it's nice. enjoy! xx

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| exploring venice |

oh venice: you weren't easy to get to but you are enchanting.  we jumped on the train from rome to venice (it was a long one--roughly 4 hours, I recommend flying).  once we arrived in venice we had to jump on the vapereto water taxi / public trans to our hotel.  We enjoyed our first day just exploring shops, alleys and scenery.  we stayed at the hotel giorgione a charming hotel near loads of shopping, restaurants and public transportation.  I'll continue to post our days in venice but i must tell you, when planning a trip to venice pack your bug spray; the mosquitos are viscous!  

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