Our first trip in Europe and last getaway before our duo became a trio was our babymoon to Venice. The Germans couldn't believe that we drove all the way just for a 48 hour stay. But to us it was just like driving to Los Angeles for a long weekend and cheaper than flights or a train ride . . . Or so we thought. We are now more educated about the cost of Austrian autobahn passes and Italian toll roads! Ha!
Venice was absolutely wonderful and beautifully warm. We stayed at a beautiful b&b run by a nice family, ate our fill of gelato, checked off an item on Sarah's bucket list by going for a gondola ride, and had fun just wandering the alley ways just to see where we'd wind up.
We purposely made sure our trip coincided with the Regatta Storica: Venice's annual boat race. There was a historical parade followed by men's and women's 8-man, 4-man, and pairs races. It was so fun to watch it all go down the canal, listen to the play by play announcing over the town's loudspeaker, and hear from the locals about their favorites. The men's 2-man race was last, and apparently there were two rival boats. The brown pair was known for their rigid training schedule and strict diets--several years ago they had won the regatta three years in a row. Their rivals, the blue pair, were known for their lackadaisical practice schedule and overall drunken debauchery--these guys had won the last three years in a row and were going for their fourth- something no pair had done before. So who won, you ask? . . . Unfortunately, with one flawed turn of their paddle, the blue team flipped their gondola in the grand canal, leaving the brown team with an easy win. Must have been one limoncello too many the night before!
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