Venice at night

Not everything on a bus tour is hectic and fast paced, and luckily for us one of the slowest paced things on this tour was dinner in Venice and then a slow stroll around to St Marks’ Square. Venice at night is just plain romantic. The pigeons are gone, the crowds are much smaller, the lights twinkle, the music is soft and lilting, and time is slow and relaxed. We enjoyed a wonderful dinner and a couple of glasses of wine and even had strolling musicians throughout dinner with the fun group we were with and then given a “slow strolling tour”. Just the right way to see Venice. At night St. Mark’s square is turned into a group of small concerts, with musicians at various spots around the square. Small groups consisting of piano, violins, and accordions play waltzes and soft easy music while people sit and drink, nibble, and just relax. It is a wonderful thing to enjoy. And somehow even the canal boats and gondolas are better at night.