Trip Report #2: Venice - the food!

This is going to have to be a multiple-entry trip report because there is just tooo much to share. Can I take a moment to celebrate the amazing fact that we live in a place where we can pop over to Venice for a long weekend? Not to mention for an affordable long weekend?

The first trip report will focus on 1) our enthusiastic travelers and 2) our enthusiastic eaters. The kids were so happy to set off with their luggage - they played airport for the two days leading up to the trip. We kept finding Oliver's luggage in a corner somewhere filled with half of the food in the house. He explained that he needed a snack.

Here are the enthusiastic travelers ready to set off:





And returning from the trip, each proudly sporting a new Italy sticker on their luggage:





Now for the eating!

I'm not really sure how many times the little gluttons had gelato. Five? Six? Seven? It feels appropriate to not count. To their credit they tried a different flavor each time - pistachio, chocolate, strawberry, cherry, vanilla, panecotta, etc. I may have partaken a few times myself....

They were not impressed by the pizza. Mary and I ate our weight in good Italian pizza but the kids mostly abstained. They did, however, LOVE anything seafood-y that was offered to them. They ate clams, mussels, squid ink pasta, baby octopus in a million varieties, fried sardines, shrimp with heads....the list goes on.

First, the gelato-fest!









And the seafood monsters:

Amelia picked seafood soup for dinner one night (mussles, squid, fish chunks, etc):

Amelia having a delicate conversation in fish language with a fish she plans to eat later that day:

A huge pile of fried squid, sardines, and many other things:


Amelia showing off her love of eating fried shrimp eyes. Yes, that's fried shrimp EYES:

Their favorite dinner - a huge bowl of clams:








Amelia and her squid ink pasta. This is the 5 year old who scans quickly past the pizzas, spaghetti bolognese, pasta alfredo, and settles happily on squid ink tagliatelle.

Oliver eager to dive into a big plate of octopus and other seafood appetizer:



So...they may not be cheap dates, but they're fun to travel with!!