We stayed over there about 45 minutes and caught a quick ferry back to St. Mark's square- this is the famous plaza from movies where you always see the pigeons flying up- turns out in real life they caused me grief. If only I had been blogging last summer during our trip to NYC- because I seriously got crapped on MAJOR time while we were eating lunch at the boat house in Central Park- But I love New York so much I didn't let it dampen my spirits. I'm not sure what would have happened if I'd been crapped on in Italy-- :) But alas- it didn't happen-- however I did drop a chocolate cookie on the square- and when I reached for it with the five second rule, Carol said as I was ready to pop it in my mouth- bird flu? DANG!
(BTW I'm playing Gregorian chants from YouTube as I write these updates)-
This tower (Campanielle) is VERY famous as well- I've seen it in so many movies set in Venice as I'm sure you have- Last year we went up to the lookout in it, so there was no need to do that again. Interestingly enough, the thing was built over 1,000 years ago, however, in 1902, one day after groaning a lot, it came CRASHING to the ground!!!! It took ten years to rebuild it- and by 1938 it had another crack in it which threatened it- so now they are working on protecting it again and there's scaffolding all around the other side of it-
The church's claim to fame is that it is 1,000 years old- and it contains the bones of St. Mark- from the bible St. Mark :)
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