Mamma mia! I just found out that my family and I are going to Venice for our vacation! I am so excited for this trip! Venice stretches across 118 islands in the Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The city is built on closely spaced wood piles (wood underwater does not decay in the absence of oxygen). In the 20th century when many Artesian wells were dug into the lagoon for local water, Venice began to sink. Finally, they realized that the extraction of the aquifers was causing the problem. For now, the process has slowed almost to a stop.
I can't wait to ride the gondolas (a traditional, flat bottom boat in Venice) and see all of their amazing sights since Venice is a city built on water. It has also been known as the "Queen of the Adriatic." Most Venetians travel by motorized water buses called vaporetti. Since this our first time traveling to Venice, we have to do this the right way and in style! Go Gondolas!!
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