Needless to say, we were very worried about the situation here. We were glued to the TV pretty much whenever we were on board.
Houston looked like a war zone when we drove home from the airport on Tuesday night. It was dark everywhere; lots of trees and business signs were all broken…kinda scary. Although I think for the most part we lucked out, it could have been much worse. Losing power for a few days is only a small inconvenience. Besides, we didn’t mind the extra time we got to rest from our super fun but exhausting honeymoon
The trip was so much fun!! If we had only gone to Venice I would’ve been totally contempt. The cruise took us to Bari in Italy, Olympia, Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes in Greece, Dubrovnik in Croatia, then back to Venice again. It was like having two honeymoons!!
Some of the landscapes and sceneries we saw were out of this world. I was never too good with words anyway, but those places were TOO magical and beautiful for words to describe. So I am going to let our pictures do the talking (I love to do show and tell after a trip) We took about 4000 pictures during the 2 weeks, but of course we won’t bore you with all of them. Here are some of the pictures from Venice. I will show the pictures from our cruise on the next blog. Enjoy!
Just a little fun fact: according to our guide book there are 3000 alleys, 400 bridges, 450 souvenir shops, and 150 churches in Venice!
Also, did you know that Venice is in a shape of a fish? We didn’t realize until we saw the logo of Hellovenezia (the company of their public water transportation system)!
The picture right below is a satellite image of Venice from NASA.
This is the view we had on the terraza at our hotel. Pretty nice huh?
No, not Vegas, this is the real deal! It’s the world famous Piazza San Marco.
Self-portrait time after our yummy afternoon gelato!
Almost every corner you turn there is a nice-looking church
Another old church
The romantic gondola rides were everywhere
Can’t get enough of that gelato! We had at least two cones a day…heheee!
Some random corner…
The churches there are so incredibility beautiful. So much details in paintings and sculptures. I can’t even imagine how long it takes for them to build a church like this one!
Murano island is famous for glass-making. I like this guy the most because it reminds me of our dog.
These cool glass rain drops were hanging off from a ceiling in a department store.
Looking out at the Grand Canal from a museum.
The Venetians are very resourceful, they hang their clothes anywhere they can think of. The different colors of the clothing makes it even more picturesque.
This is too cute!
This is what their hospital looks like! It is still up and runnin!
Incredible artists and souvenir shops everywhere!
That’s my Alice!
The Basilica di San Marco — we went back there several times ;P
Amazing details on the exterior of the Basilica di San Marco.
This is what the inside looks like!!
Looking out at the lagoon from Piazza San Maro at dusk.
The Basilica di San Marco during twilight:
Rialto right before sunset. Georgous!
My favorite spot: Looking at the Grand Canal from the Rialto Bridge
View of the Rialto Bridge:
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13 comments
efro - The most anticipated blog post is finally up!! XD
The “City of Water” really lives up to its name!! The sceneries and architechtures are magnificent!! The pictures look like paintings in an art gallery! People live there are so blessed to be able to enjoy such a view daily!
I am glad you guys are back safely. And I hope Houston can recover from IKE asap!
Can’t wait to see more Europe photos! XD What a trip!
Sarah Shalley - These are amazing! Looks like ya’ll had a terrific trip. I can’t wait to see more.
Rachel - Those pictures are stunning! It looks like you had a wonderful time. Glad you made it back safely!
Linda - Looks like an amazing trip! Y’all are such a great couple. Looking forward to seeing more pics! Glad to hear your family are safe after Ike. Welcome back!
Nathalie (France) - Thanks Eric for sharing! your pictures are awesome! I’ve been there and I wish my pictures especially by night were as good as yours
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Glad to hear you had a great honeymoon!
Too bad the cruise didn’t go in France (cote d’azur), you’d have loved it
Jamie C - WOW!!! I’ve been waiting — finally!!! Can’t wait to see more of your honeymoon.
Welcome back you guys!
han - wow, what a colorful & vibrant place!
I am glad you guys had so much fun!! Awesome pics!!!!!
Sibriena - Hi Eric and Alice,
Wow, Venice is even more beautiful than I remembered…it makes me want to have my wedding there!!!
Great pictures, can’t wait to see the ones of the cruise…
Welcome back!
Sibriena
Anonymous - soooooo pretty!!!!
wish I can go too yeah!!
tiff
Naomi's funny life - wow~~~
Great pictures, and nice trip
so pretty!!
reza - Dude these are sick pictures. good times. I see Alice holding a Ponit & Shoot…no way you took these with a P&S?
You gotta science me up on photography and lenses
Reza
Kelly - wow…i like your pictures!! so jealous..can’t wait to see the Part 2!!!
Joanna Teresa - Alice and Eric! 2 years…wow a very well deserved honeymoon. The photos are gorgeous and I know you must of had a wonderful time together. Keep them coming. Can’t wait to see the ones from Greece.