Venice

Our final stop in Italy was Venice.  It was a perfect end to a perfect trip.  Joe summed it up by saying that Venice was much Venicey than he imagined.  We had a wonderful time on a boat ride from our campsite, exploring little alleyways, and just sitting and watching the world go by.  Andy rated the gondolas according to the glitziness of their decoration.  We didn't have a gondola ride as they were crazy expensive - 100 Euros for 40 minutes! - but we had plenty of boat rides using our public transit day pass.
There were tons of tourists around St. Mark's square, but there were other parts of town where we were alone walking down the little alleyways.  The boys just loved exploring every little path.  Down one little alleyway we found a lovely little restaurant.  It had overloaded electrics and everytime he switched something on - like a kettle, or when the boys switched the bathroom lights on, the breaker for the whole place tripped and we plunged into darkness - it was hilarious.
Was such a magical day, and the best way to spend our last full day in Italy.  
Today we left our Venice campsite mid-morning and have driven to the French Alps (through the Mont Blanc tunnel, which I will never do again - 40 Euro toll!!!) .  Tomorrow we go to Switzerland briefly, and then over the next few days will travel slowly-ish to the west coast of France.