Venice Day 2

Woke up and had a pretty decent breakfast provided by the hotel. They had this chocolate spread that was really good on just about everything. Then we set out for an early tour of St. Mark's Square which is right around the corner from the hotel. Let me tell ya the best way to beat jet lag is to be walking around in the freezing cold all day long. Cause when you can't fell your brain telling you to sleep it's easy to ignore it.
First thing we noticed was how high the water had become. More then half the square was under water, this was apparently because of the high tide during the winter so we walked around on platforms that the city had set up for people to walk on. Our tour guide showed us around the Basillica and then we went into the Doge's Palace. Interesting thing is the Doge is kinda like the president but the palace also had the prisons. Which I compare to the president living at Ft. Leavenworth. Then we grabbed some lunch from a little shop near the square. Our adventure then lead us to a boat which took us on a tour of Murano, Burano, and Torcello. This was a little bit of a let down. The only good thing was the Murano stop because of the gas blowing demo and items they had there. We had lunch at a nice restaurant right next to Pointe di Rialto on the Grand Canal. Since dinner was small I needed something else to eat which lead Kelly to want Gelato. It was good though I couldn't really tell the difference between it and the other gelato's that I have had over the years. This may annoy the Italians but I just can't tell though it may have been that my mint chocolate chip flavor may have been overly minty.