O Sole Mio...Italy continued

I think if I smiled any wider my face would crack. It's always been a dream of mine to ride a gondola in Venice! Look mom, am on a gondola at the Grand Canal! This ain't Las Vegas, baby!

I call this, The Race of the Gondoliers. Photo taken in the Dorsoduro neighborhood of Venice around Rio Ca Foscari.

Sunset taken in our "taxi" on the Canale della Giudecca heading back to the Hilton Molino Stucky.

This is my favorite picture of Venice. A clear, moonlit night with the parked gondolas perfectly framing the full moon. I took this with my Canon SD800 IS on manual without flash. Taken at the gondola "taxi stand" in front of Ducale Palace, next to
St. Mark's Square. It was our last night :-(

Aerial photo of Venice, you can see the Maritime Station (where ferry's and cruise ships dock), the Ponte della Liberta where it terminates at the Venice train station and the island of Giudecca where our hotel was located on. Venezia mi piace moltissimo!!!! Arrivederci Venezia!

Time to Catch-Up! How we spent our Summer...

Jody and I went to Italy last June to visit some of my family in Milan and also to visit Venice by ourselves before the children started school in the fall. Here are some photos taken there. Due to Blogger quota restraints, I can't really post all of the photos here, but here are a few...These group photos were taken in our Milan hotel room (good thing it was a big room to accomodate my big family. LOL!)

L-R standing: Donald "Dodong" Baylen (Cousin Rovi's husband), Bryan, RoviJ, Romina, Argielyn and Virginia, Aunty Vita, Aunty Virgie, Bryan's GF, and Gilbert. Seated with me is Jherson (Rovi and Dodong's 1st baby) and seated with Uncle Mando is Jherome (Rovi's youngest)

Hubby and me taken in Como Lago

Taken in Venice, Italy

Me taking a break by the Rialto Bridge in Venice

(Post to be continued...)