I visited Venice for the second time in my life. This time I spent there five days and saw much more than last time. We flied to Marco Polo airport and continued to centre with water taxi. Venice is situated on one hundred islands, which are separated by one hundred and fifty canals. Three hundred bridges are built to go over these canals. Today there are living about 60 000 people in Venice. Young people are moving away because it is not easy to carry baby carriages there. Prices are quite high because of tourism. We paid 25 € - 35 € for lunch, consisting pasta, a glass of wine and dessert. You can understand this because you must carry everything by boat.
La Fenice Theater
This opera house was burned down twice. It´s name reflects that it has risen from the ashes. La Fenice theater is one of the most beautiful operas in the world. We were sitting on the third floor and listening opera Madama Butterfly of Giacomo Puccini. The scene was very simple, they had used only white color and besides curtains there were two simple pillows and nothing else. The dresses of the singers were white, too. The singer as the main role was an italian singer Fiorenza Cedolins and she sang and acted very well.
Punta della Dogana
This house was former the customs house. Renovation was done by architect Tadao Ando in 2009. Permanent exhibition comes from the Francois Pinault Collection. This is a spacious art museum just beside Canal Grande and Giudecca Canal. From every window you can see water. It is diagonal from the Piazza San Marco. The art there is modern and interesting. There is one room, which is full of lamps and the light is becoming brighter and brighter and in the end you look really pale. On the floor in the same room you can see parts of human bodies made from plastic.
We were walking quite a lot in the town looking shop windows and interesting piazzas.
After you learnt the central area, it was not so difficult to walk without map.
