Mrs. Toucan, Boston
Age and Occupation: 25, Full-time Research Assistant, Part-time Graduate Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Actuary
Engagement Date: February 18, 2007
Wedding Date: June 7, 2008
Blogging Since: November 07, 2007
Venue: St. Catherine of Genoa, Jin Asian Cuisine Restaurant
About Me: I’m a Gemini to the extreme. On one side, I’m a girly girl. I read countless bridal and fashion magazines, and have an obsession with keeping up with the latest Hollywood gossip. On the other side, I’m a sports fanatic. Despite being a full-time bride-to be, full-time research assistant, and part-time student, I’m also a full-time Red Sox fan from spring training to October, and a full-time Patriots fan from mini-camp to February. I devote almost as much time researching my for fantasy football team as researching for our wedding!
The Toucans Go On Honeymoon, Part 2
July 8th, 2008 @ 6:29 pm by Mrs. Toucan
Part 1: The New Mrs. Toucan Gets In Trouble with THE MAN
Other than the little trouble that I got in at the airport, the rest of the trip to Italy went rather smoothly. We boarded our Swiss Air flight, which I LOVED because they gave us Swiss chocolate (I guess I’m pretty easy to please!), and we were off to Venice!
Though Mr. Toucan and I both didn’t get much sleep on the plane (we took a night flight out of Boston so that we didn’t have to rush our day-after-BBQ), we arrived in Venice bright-eyed and bushy-tailed!
Mr. Toucan waiting for the water bus.
Here I am waiting for the water bus. I actually am not bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, but sunglasses and my excitement hide my tiredness pretty darn well. 
While our travel agent, and almost every guide book we read, told us it was worth it to spend the extra money to take a water taxi, we chose to take the water bus, anyway. Why? Because we’re cheap. We ended up having to wait for the water bus for awhile, and with all the stops it made along the way, it took us about an hour to get from the airport to the hotel. However, it really wasn’t that bad, and we saved about 80 Euros* (which is like 125 US buckaroos!)!
Our hotel, Hotel Flora, though not super fancy, was in an excellent location by St. Mark’s Square.
Mr. Toucan in front of our hotel.
and, as an extra bonus, we also had complimentary garden breakfasts every morning:
Mr. Toucan enjoying his morning cappuccino.
Though we still made sure to see all the Venice must-sees and dos like visit St. Mark’s Square:
In front of St. Mark’s Cathedral
Side trip to Murano:
“Free boat ride” to Murano. While the boat ride TO Murano was free, they sometimes forget to tell you that you are on your own to get back!
Glassblowing at a Murano Factory
See the Grand Canal and Rialto Bridge:
Visiting the Rialto Bridge
And take a gondola ride:
We were told by everyone that we HAD to take a gondola ride on our honeymoon, so I’m posting this picture. Unfortunately, on a romantic gondola ride, Mrs. Toucan does not have enough class to not show her panties to everyone on the Grand Canal. Since does not want to also flash everyone in the entire Weddingbee community, as well, the above picture is censored.
Though I mentioned this before, our favorite part of visiting Venice, was just to “go exploring,” which really means just getting lost and taking in all the sights.
I especially liked the smaller canals, because they look so mysterious and secret.
I like this picture, because if you look you’ll see on the right of the picture a road that just stops, and leads right up to a small canal. There were so many of these “dead ends” everywhere, and they are possibly the reason why the Toucans were so good at getting lost.
Canal with lots of gondolas
And lastly, I show you pictures of food, because I would say the good eats were DEFINITELY one of the best parts of the trip! Our first night in Venice, we went to a fantastic restaurant recommended by our hotel. Mr. Toucan and I still talk about what restaurant was our favorite during the entire trip, and though neither of us could really pick one, this one was definitely up there:
Delicious, delicious appetizer. My mouth still salivates when I see this picture.
Toucans at dinner
I’ve decided that homemade pasta might be one of the best things on earth.
Unfortunately, I can’t remember the name of the restaurant (boo, Mrs. Toucan, boo!)! I did however keep all the business cards that we got from each restaurant, so I can start digging through them if any one wants any restaurant recommendations!
18 Responses to “The Toucans Go On Honeymoon, Part 2”
Haha @ your censored picture! Sounds like an amazing place to honeymoon. I could really go for a plate of that pasta right about now.
i spot a little tub of nutella in your breakfast picture! were those little takeaway ones, like the jellies and jams tubs in breakfast places? if i were you, i woulda stuffed my purse full of them to take back to the US, haha.
FI and i took a trip to europe a few summers ago and hit up venice as a day trip during our whirlwind week in italy. definitely one of my fav spots and would love to go back again!
Great pictures! It brings back memories about my trip to Italy. Venice was one of my favorite places. Can’t wait to see more!!
OMG they gave you Nutella with breakfast?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Mr. and Mrs. Toucan are such cute newlyweds!
@peony and CarolineG: I ate nutella for breakfast everyday! I was so tempted to pack them all in my purse… but I didn’t. I just imagined that it would become a pretty big mess later!
Hahahaha toucs, that censored pictured made me giggle. Looks like FUNNNN - happy little newlyweds.
Mrs Touc- would love to know where the yummy food places were- we are going to Italy in Sept for our honeymoon with a side trip to Greece- WE CAN NOT WAIT!!!!
ok I can’t spell Italian- correction complete!
I almost spewed my wine all over the cream-coloured carpet when I read the caption under the censored picture. You are TOO funny. The people that know you in real life are really very lucky.
You are so funny *lol*
Looks like you had a blast! I love venice, and getting lost there is my favourite pasttime.
Would be great to hear about your restaurant experiences!
Hahah…you flashed your brit brit! That’s funny! Totally something I would do! It’s a good thing you’ll never see those people again!
Love the recap! I used to live just outside of Venice, and MISS it desperately. If you really enjoyed the city, you might try reading “The City of Falling Angels”- it gives some interesting insights into the city and its populace.
Like all the flags show, everything is Venice first, Italy second, EU third! And will always be that way
Love the pictures! So, question for you… I have heard that the gondola rides are ridiculously expensive. Did you feel like it was an experience that you couldn’t pass up?
Thanks!
Becky
@Italine Honeymooner and Busylizzy: I’ll definitely try to dig out those business cards and let you know what restaurants we went to.
@Becky: Yes, they are ridiculously expensive. 
Honestly, if it wasn’t our honeymoon, we probably would have passed on it. We got “yelled at” when we said we might not even do it on our honeymoon. Unfortunately, we didn’t do it very smartly either. If you go on a ride during the day and pick up a gondolier on one of the smaller canals, it probably is much cheaper (as opposed to what we did - picked up on the Grand Canal in the evening).
i’m going for my honeymoon in November as well….how do you get back from Murano island if they leave you there on your own???
@nicole: You can take a water bus back… which incidentally, we didn’t pay for either. We weren’t very good at figuring out the water bus system, but we figured out later you are supposed to buy your tickets and have them punched by putting it in a little machine BEFORE you get on the boat. We didn’t realize this and just got on the boat. We wondered why no one came around to check for tickets. whoops!
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