What a lovely story, Rosemary. So glad you had a great experience on your gondola ride. It sounds like heading away from St Mark’s square is definitely the spot to find a gondolier. Alessio sounds like he’s one of the best.
Rosemary Kneipp
May 8th, 2014 at 9:54 pm
Thank you Carolyn. We so enjoyed our ride!
Carol in Australia
May 8th, 2014 at 2:08 am
That was a lovely post Rosemary. I wasn’t sure about lashing out on a gondola ride but now you have convinced me. How wonderful! And I have loved all your posts so thank you for sharing Venice with us.
Rosemary Kneipp
May 8th, 2014 at 9:55 pm
I’m sure you’ll enjoy it! I added a sentence at the end of the post suggesting you forget about photos and just sit back and enjoy the ride! I tried to tape a video of Alessio singing and it was not successful. I would have been better off just enjoying myself.
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What a lovely story, Rosemary. So glad you had a great experience on your gondola ride. It sounds like heading away from St Mark’s square is definitely the spot to find a gondolier. Alessio sounds like he’s one of the best.
Thank you Carolyn. We so enjoyed our ride!
That was a lovely post Rosemary. I wasn’t sure about lashing out on a gondola ride but now you have convinced me. How wonderful! And I have loved all your posts so thank you for sharing Venice with us.
I’m sure you’ll enjoy it! I added a sentence at the end of the post suggesting you forget about photos and just sit back and enjoy the ride! I tried to tape a video of Alessio singing and it was not successful. I would have been better off just enjoying myself.
I am quite struck by how low some of the bridges are. Beautiful shots of a magnificent city.
The gondoliers have to be in good shape!
What a lovely experience!
It certainly was!
Lovely story. Even though I’ve taken several gondola rides in my lifetime, I learned a few new things from you today!
Hi Paige. Thank you. How lucky to have taken several gondola rides already – and I’m delighted to know that you learned a few new things from my post.
[…] can’t think of Venice without bridges and the ones at canal-level all humpbacked to let the gondolas and other boats through. I loved them all! These are a few of my […]
[…] comes first because of our wonderful gondola experience (which sounds very touristy I know) and all our other less touristy visits as it was our second […]