Japan Trip - Tokyo Part Two

Here we go! Next day and a tour of Meiji Shrine in the sun. 

Collection of sake barrels.

The huge Torii gate entrance where you are mentally purified. 

Everyones hopes and dreams written here. 

Physically purifying your body by cleansing yourself in these waters.

Afterwards we took a trip to the Imperial Palace Gardens. 

Tea house.

Next up was Asakusa Shrine and marketplace that runs through it.

Five-story pagoda. 

The most amazing green tea ice cream sandwiches.

I was very tempted to buy one of these masks.

Maneki-neko!

Chocolate banana on a stick anyone?

Then onto a boat trip around Tokyo bay. 

We had a little explore of Odaiba where there are lots of shops ...and a copy of the statue of liberty. 

Finished off with a view of Tokyo Station in the early evening.

Venice trip

One of the best places I've ever been is Venice. The architecture is so beautiful and its quite refreshing to be somewhere with no cars!

This is the view from our hotel which had some souvenir shops and nice restaurants.

One thing you have to do there is to go on a gondola. The men even dress up so you have the complete experience. It can be expensive but its good to do at least once. 

You can still get traffic jams though!

It did rain a bit while we were in the boat but it didn't 'dampen' the experience haha!

Oh my goodness! You can't skip their ice-cream/gelati. It wasn't until I looked back at this photo later that I realised they had kinder ice-cream! How long do you think I will have to wait for them to bring it to England?

St Marks Square. I think I tried to fit too much into this picture, too many great sights in one place!

I want to say this was Salvador Dali's work but I can't remember.

Peggy Guggenheim museum. 

Crazy mirror cube.

Banana and Chocolate pancake that reminds me I should try and recreate this sometime.

Hope you enjoyed this short review of a trip to Venice. I would love to go again, I'm sure there is a lot more to see. Thanks for reading! :)