On our first full day in Italy we decided to spend the morning at the hotel property. The pool was really nice and they had lots of activities for the kids. Evan played soccer forever while we went swimming. Evan loved that pretty much anywhere we went he would find some kids to play soccer with. If you ask him his favorite part of our month in Europe he would say playing soccer:)
They tried some archery too
And a fun playground
These two pictures were taken from the shuttle boat going into Venice
We booked an hour tour by water taxi for the afternoon. This tour was perfect. We went down the small canals and the guide told us lot of fun facts about Venice. It was neat to see some of the everyday boats in Venice....... we went by an ambulance boat, the trash boat, the grocery delivery boat and a funeral boat.
Pictures just don't do it justice.
It was hot, so after an hour on the water we were ready to get into some shade.
We found a cute spot by the water for dinner
Can you see Hannah up on the bridge?
And Nora?
They took turns walking up on the bridge while we waited on our food.
After dinner we walked around some more.
Just trying to get one family picture....
There it is.....
By the end of the day you could tell exactly everything Evan ate all day......a white shirt is not ideal for him:)
I had told the kids before we left that they can only have two gelato every day......they made sure that happened every day!
At night Scott and I went up to the rooftop pool and bar for a drink. It was absolutely beautiful up there with amazing views of Venice.
The drinks were amazing too
View of the hotel
The next morning we made our way to lake Garda by train. It is only a 1 1/2 hour train ride.
Our hotel was only .5 miles away from the train station, so we decided to walk. There was just a little bit of complaining that it's hot and the luggage is so heavy and i'ts so far.....haha!
But we made it.
Our hotel was right on the lake.
Beautiful views of the lake
Lake Garda is one of my favorite places on Earth. I have so many childhood memories from coming here every summer. It was really special to finally show Scott and the kids. It was also very fun to have my mom with us......we were able to reminisce a lot and talk about my dad. It was one of his favorite places as well. He loved coming here with the boat every year!
We walked down to the beach.
And enjoyed some more gelato before renting a pedal boat for an hour. We had fun on the boat. The water was so clear.
We were there over the weekend and the beach gets very crowded with locals. This lake is best enjoyed by boat.
More from Lake Garda next time.
At night Scott and I went up to the rooftop pool and bar for a drink. It was absolutely beautiful up there with amazing views of Venice.
The drinks were amazing too
View of the hotel
The next morning we made our way to lake Garda by train. It is only a 1 1/2 hour train ride.
Our hotel was only .5 miles away from the train station, so we decided to walk. There was just a little bit of complaining that it's hot and the luggage is so heavy and i'ts so far.....haha!
But we made it.
Our hotel was right on the lake.
Beautiful views of the lake
Lake Garda is one of my favorite places on Earth. I have so many childhood memories from coming here every summer. It was really special to finally show Scott and the kids. It was also very fun to have my mom with us......we were able to reminisce a lot and talk about my dad. It was one of his favorite places as well. He loved coming here with the boat every year!
We walked down to the beach.
And enjoyed some more gelato before renting a pedal boat for an hour. We had fun on the boat. The water was so clear.
We were there over the weekend and the beach gets very crowded with locals. This lake is best enjoyed by boat.
More from Lake Garda next time.
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