Food in Venice
Just a quick note on some of the food we had in Venice. If you read guidebooks, you will hear that it is easy to find bad, or at least mediocre, food in Venice. I have no doubt that this is true, as the number of tourists that visit there makes this likely. We were very lucky, however. Aside from some mediocre pizza we had the first day, the food we had was very good. As a quick aside, here are some general rules to follow to find good food on vacation. These apply particularly to Italy, but I'm guessing they work about anywhere. The rules are as follows: Avoid any restaurant that... 1. is next to or very close to a major monument, the largest square in town, etc. 2. has someone outside asking you to come in. If the restaurant was good they wouldn't need to do this. 3. has a big sign outside with pictures of the food. Seriously, learn a couple of Italian food words. It's not hard. 4. has English menus. Actually, English ...