First of all, Venice is completely amazing, but you’ll get to hear about THAT next post.

Anyway, I don’t think that this entry requires a whole lot of explanation from me; suffice to say that Carnevale season is approaching, and all last week there was a Chocolate Fair in the piazza by the church of Santa Croce. Italian chocolate in all of its wondrous forms, plus other goodies like jams, liqueurs, and soft candies… for once, I’ll let the photos speak for themselves.

Yep, that is real chocolate.

And as a bonus, two photos from the neighborhood around my school:

And that is all for today!