No gondola ride for us – maybe next time when we aren’t carting a stroller! But even the vaporetto were fun, since the high season hadn’t started and the boats weren’t crowded. It should be the same in October.

I hear you on the toll roads. We thought they were bad in France… until we got into Italy that is.

Sounds like you had a great time. We’ll be heading back to Italy this October with my in-laws, and it sounds like we’ll be using more or less the same route- austria/venice/tuscany.

Did you opt for a gondola ride in Venice?