Venice!!!

When we found out the team had the weekend off, we quickly tried to plan a two day trip. Having the weekend off just doesn't happen in the hockey world. I tried to be SO organized and research all there was to know about Venice before our trip. Why Venice? Well its only a 2 hour drive and its Venice! I probably looked at every review and hotel in the city to show Jamie I can plan QUITE a trip!! Well....for one night in Venice last minute...you are looking at 600 euros ( cheapest) a night for a hotel in the city... So how does this work when Jamie and I have planned a budget every month?! OHHH and I also had planned to go on a motor boat tour of three islands but CLEARLY totallyyy forgot to book it and when I went to book it two days before...wait for itttt....it was sold out....I mean...really?????? So our cute little getaway was beginning to annoy me because I told Jamie to let me take care of all of it....And I mean...clearly I was doing a great job!

Soo....what's the easiest thing to do? Wing it!
Cause that always works amazing...thank God for my patient husband...you can't really park in Venice because its an island and the parking line up was insane.... Soo...small Uturn on the bridge to park in the city before Venice.  But wait...clearlyyy the parking guy wouldn't speak a lick of english and waves Jamie and I to leave his parking lot...OKAYYY....adios to you too!!

We finally find a parking garage. Trying to find a bus ticket....woooff...another story in its own. Here I am kind of judging Italians because I am not feeling the love from them...I mean, I did not want to judge Marcello's ancestors so I decided to give them a chance and i'm glad I did...clearly changed my mind once we got to Venice!!!! We got a bus and water taxi day pass and then started our adventures.

When we finally got on the bus we were excited to explore and be our own people. We took a water taxi to Marco Polo and literally just walked around and drank wine and beer all day.  I can't even explain how beautiful it is because there aren't any words. The streets were tiny and it was so packed. After dinner we set up shop at a restaurant and just soaked it all in w few drinks and some gelato. I realized I really didn't need to plan anything. Being in Venice and with the most amazing strawberry blonde man really didn't need to be planned...it was a perfect day!!!!

Who needs a planner??? Now... we are off to Barcelona in two weeks and I've got our trip planned down to what we are eating....i'm going to show Jamie I ain't no dud!!!   Here's some pictures from our romantic little unplanned getaway....

Thank you, Venice!!!