And. . . one of my final posts (although I’m sure I will still post some pictures or stories here and there). . . my sister is OVER these posts. . . but Liz and I are not. . . so there.  :)

After Burano, we came back to do our gondola ride. . . and of course, we pick the only time of the trip it’s RAINING.  Oh well.

First we had some gelato. . . so good. . .

Here's me with my last gelato

Here's me when I realized this was probably my *last* gelato

And the gondola pics begin!  I’ll just do a few because I have a video.  :)

Gondolas are fancy.

Off and away!

:)

The Realto Bridge. I hate the banner. . . and there was construction on the Bridge of Sighs. Not good for photos!

I really like this one. . . under the Realto Bridge

There were some tight squeezes. . .

There were people staring at us on every bridge (this was a bit odd). . . Maybe they had us mistaken for Lindsay Lohan and the girl from Twilight? Happens all the time.

We also saw umbrellas and people all dressed up. . .

My dorky video!

Liz and I with another gondolier. . . love the hat, don't you?

For our last night, we went to dinner at an awesome place. . . and tried to settle in and start packing, seeing as we had to catch a 3:44 a.m. boat to the airport and had a 2:45 a.m. wake-up call.  Fun times!  :\

What an awesome trip.  I wouldn’t change a thing!  Thank you Liz for putting up with me and agreeing to go on this trip!  This was always a dream of mine, and I’m so happy it came true!  Now. . . let’s go again!  :)  Thanks also to Shane for hanging out with us in Rome!

I’m going to consolidate all of my posts into one post. . . for the benefit of me and Liz. . . and anyone we may want to send one link to so they can see all of our adventures in one place.