After four days of exploring Venice and the surrounding areas, I decided to skip my plans to visit the city of Vicenza and spend a relaxing day in Venice before heading to Verona on Monday. 

With this change in plans, I was able to attend Sunday Mass at 10:00am at the Basilica of San Marco. 

I arrived early, not realizing I would not be allowed in the basilica until 15 minutes prior to Mass time.  As I waited to enter, I watched the line grow around the building.  It was quite refreshing to see this.  Once inside, I could hear the magnificent organ and choir.

The Mass was in Italian, however, there was one American priest on the altar.  I was thrilled as he read his part in English. 

After Mass, I stood inside the basilica as long as they would allow to take pictures.

I then decided that today was the day that I would get lost in Venice.  This is what I found…

When I first arrived in Venice, I walked down a long alley to a courtyard area where my hotel was located. In this courtyard were two other hotels and a restaurant.

Venice is also known as the City of Masks!

Here is a display of beautiful pictures from all parts of Venice!

After several twists and turns down alleys and over bridges and a few water bus trips, I found the Venetian Arsenal. 

Shipbuilders regularly worked within the Arsenal producing most of Venice’s maritime trading vessels.  The Arsenal is in the Castello neighborhood of Venice. 

After a nice relaxing day walking through the city, I turned on my portable Wi-Fi and the GPS on my phone and headed back to my hotel. The next morning, I left Venice for the beautiful city of Verona.

Let me know in the comments below if you allowed yourself to get lost in Venice and if so, what did you see?

The next blog will feature Verona, Italy. Stay tuned!

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