text: Since I am from Hawaii this is the closest I could get to that winter feelnnToney and I were on vacay and decided to check out Winter in Venice It was pretty interesting There was a skating rink right in front of the hotel I observed it for a while because I noticed that the ice was not shaving below the skates of the skaters I never really figured out what it was I knew for sure that it was NOT ice The thought it cool though nnThe rink was pretty small and we looked at it and surpassed it to ride the outdoor gondola nnIn general it was Christmas and a nice feel to be at