This summer, to celebrate Mads’ bachelor’s degree, we decided to spend two weeks exploring Venice, Florence, and Rome. It was Mads’ first visit to Italy, and though it was hot, hot, hot, we could not have enjoyed the experience more. It was helped along by the fact that we were freshly engaged! This was also my first time to Venice, and I was anxious to experience what Northern Italy had to offer as far as art and food. We took the water bus from the airport to the city, and marveled at the dense islands with beautiful churches and narrow canals. Our hotel was right off St. Marco’s Square, which was indeed convenient, but certainly also meant we were in the thick of it all. After dropping out things we fueled up with our first fresh
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