Fun facts about Venice... they have no sewer system, household waste flows into the canals and is washed out to see with the tide. No swimming in Venice!
150 canals connected by 409 bridges over 3000 alleyways on the 117 islands. Basically every time you cross a bridge you cross between two islands.
Crime is extremely low, especially violent crime. The more than 1/2 of the cities population is made up from the tourist industry, 15 million visitors each year, with 405 souvenir shops.
It is too expensive to live in Venice so workers live on mainland and travel to work each day by water.
The Grand Canal divides the City into two parts, there are only three bridges that cross the Grand Canal, and we crossed over two of them!
Venice is sinking! The level of land has lowered while the seas have risen. Flooding regularly occurs, 79 flood barriers usually fill with water and lay flat in the lagoon. When a flood warning comes they will be filled with air creating a dam, and saving Venice!
One of the most photographed images in the world is the Gondola!
Most of Venice buildings are vacant and run down, they are just too expensive to maintain.
They say no matter how good you are at reading maps "you will get lost in Venice."
Amazing place, oh and did I mention the food was amazing! But the $4 Euro bottle's of water's were ridiculous. We went into a market and the same water was $0.39. CRAZY 
3 comments:
Venice is somewhere I have always dreamed of going. I think it is beautiful and amazing. I hope I make it before it sinks!
Venice Is one of the places in this world I would love to visit. Great Pics! I wish I was there!
okay, public sewer surrounding you!?!?!?! That is NOT somewhere I want to visit/ Thanks but no thanks, i prefer an outhouse to Venice!
Easy for me to say that I know, I haven't been there and probably never will to make me eat my words!
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