Carnevale in Venice, Colours in Burano

Arriving in Venice

It was absolutely mind blowing here! It was the beautiful, picturesque background we expected combined with an electric and creative atmosphere as people exploded with costumes for Carnevale.

Explored the Streets

Loved the winding streets! Just incredible. You never know what you might find...

There were five of these guys :)

Zac on the lookout for a Carnival mask

We saw the progression of this art, pretty great

Off the beaten path

One of the more elaborate and traditional costume pairs!

This was quite the group

This couple was out of this world!

Our regular local bakery

Enjoyed the Carnevale Atmosphere

This was also Valentine's Day, which made a nice change from spending the last two in an airport between countries:) Completely unconventional (the best kind!).

We had fun stopping in a lot of mask stores and
saw some incredible works of art

So many cool options!

The streets were packed during Carnivale!

This guy was my absolute favourite:
The Doctor

Explored the Side Canals

I fell in love with all the little canals that move through and around the city. Love love love. 

The view outside our window :)

Carnevale

We went during the last weekend of the carnival for the finale, and it was overflowing with people and so fun! There were costume contests in St. Mark's Square and just a general atmosphere of fun and festivity. It was cold, and well worth it.

We came to a standstill on our way to St. Mark's Square,
which is where the costume contests are held

These ladies got tired of giving instructions to the masses
and got creative :)

Curing the costume contest in the Square

In the Square

Conventional

Less conventional :)

Hahaha. Um. 

The Rialto Bridge

The cutest!

Beautiful Burano 

The colours of Burano made the short vaporetto well worth the trip. 

We were surrounded by so many vibrant colours. 

Our first glimpse of the little fishing village

Zac on the vaporetto

Adorable

Window Shutters!

We loved this. They already have a McDonalds in Venice.

Why do they need one here? Ugh don't get me started!  

Zac: climbing trees since he could walk

Zac was particularly fond of photo bombing my pictures

Boats!

These are the kindof places I could spend hours in!

These are the places Zac prefers to spend hours in

Grand Finale, Grand Canal

With all that was going on, we almost didn't take a float down this iconic canal, if you can believe it. I really loved wandering the winding streets and we spent a fair amount of time enjoying this, but on our last night, we hopped on a vaporetto and took the boat to St. Mark's for the finale of Carnivale. It was so gorgeous, I couldn't believe we had almost missed it!

Heading under Rialto Bridge

We popped back to the Square one last time

Zac serenades me on our way back down
The Grand Canal (the largest canal in the world)