带着女儿游欧洲（9）：水城威尼斯•钟楼奇遇•招安与驱逐

我们南下进入了意大利。

今天的行程是游览威尼斯。威尼斯是意大利的重要港口，这座城市建在海边浅水滩上，平均水深1.5米。威尼斯由118个小岛组成，并以 177条水道、401座桥梁连成一体，以船相通，有水上都市之称。

这是进入威尼斯的码头。

我们坐上了渡轮，看见停靠在威尼斯码头的游轮。

我的朋友早一个月乘游轮游威尼斯，分享了她拍的照片，从很高的角度俯视威尼斯，有一种游轮压顶的气势。

渡轮慢慢地向前行驶，蓝天与蓝水之间的景色自然地流淌着，导游所讲的窃贼遍地的故事真是煞风景。

看见了名震天下的圣马可广场。

我们这次没有坐贡多拉，选择了穿街走巷看水道。

女儿在著名的叹息桥前留影。

当然威尼斯不光有水路，旱路也很有趣，有着餐馆、冷饮店、礼品店，还有古迹。

圣马可广场世界被拿破仑誉为欧洲最美丽的客厅。

圣马可大教堂

大教堂天花板上的镶金图画与大理石地上的拼花图案

总督府（Palazzo Ducale）

然后我们上了广场上的钟楼，在15层楼上俯视威尼斯。

圣马可广场

圣马可大教堂

总督府

女儿在钟楼上照相留影，旁边来了一个七岁男孩，轻轻地拍了一下她的肩膀。“嘿。”

女儿偏了一下头，“小弟弟，你好！”

男孩微微一笑，“我不是弟弟，我是哥哥！”

“7岁的想做12岁的哥哥？”女儿迟疑了一下。

男孩挺倔强的，“辈份就是辈份！”

女儿拥抱了一下男孩，“不管谁大谁小，让我们一起来欣赏威尼斯的美景。“

这一幕只发生于我的脑袋，一分钟的小小说。不过也是很巧的事情，在威尼斯他俩都穿红衣服，回家后比较了照片才发现的。

还有一个共同点，他俩都喜欢圣马可广场上的鸽子。

2000年的时候，威尼斯政府对鸽子的政策是招安，欢迎观光客喂养鸽子。不仅在圣马可广场上出售鸽食，而且还将成群飞翔的鸽子照片印上明信片。

现在威尼斯政府的鸽子政策改了，禁止观光客喂养鸽子。他们讨厌鸽子，驱逐鸽子，在许多建筑上敲上一排细钉子，不让鸽子有立足之地，在雕塑外面罩上网子，不让鸽子有任何机会撒野。

女儿当然是站在政府一边，奔着跑着，追赶着鸽子广场上的鸽子。她的任务完成得不错，方圆十米一只鸽子也没有噢。

女儿日记

17 day trip – day 10

I'm on day 10 already! 7 more days left.

Venezzia / Venice:  three out of five

When I first came into Venice, I was a bit nervous because the tour guide had warned about pickpockets.  He had a lot of stories about them, especially one type. They're called gypsies and don't hide the fact that they are pickpockets. Once, a person complained that the gypsies should get a job so they don't have to steal and a gypsy replied, "This is our job!" Venice, also known as Venezzia, has a lot of pigeons. In fact, there are so many that it's against the law to feed them. A lot of people still do, though. Chasing the pigeons is very fun. Sometimes, I walk into a huge flock, or just pick a pigeon to follow and chase. The pigeons aren't too afraid of people.  The main method of transportation is going in boats, but I didn't go on them except to get to and from Venice. There is a huge area in the center of the city, where there is a tower and a church. That's St. Mark's square, the only big square in the city. (It's also a lopsided shape, too!) I went into the church and up the tower. The tower has 15 floors! I'm glad that there's an elevator. The view from the top of the towers is very good. From that height, I could see not just Venice, but the islands around it.

Today, three people got lost. First, one person got lost. Then, the other two people decided to look for that person. The first person came back, but the other two had to be left behind! They eventually took a water taxi to the mainland.