We had wonderful days in Venice and enjoyed staying at Francesca's!!! The morning started with a view on the canal, an Italian Cappuccino or tea, warm croissants with marmelade and in the evening, after a long and cold day, she offered us hot tea. We could have also borrowed her gumboots in case of "acqua alta"... but fortunately the water wasn't that high - we had snow instead, which was quite impressing in a city like Venice! Our last day was very sunny, so in the end we had a bit of everything and so we got to know all the different faces of Venice - the most impressing experience was the Carnival, which wasn't that crowded as we had thought, but we also enjoyed travelling around with the vaporettos - through the Giudecca Canal, the Canal Grande or to Murano (--> buy a Venice Ticket!).