By Eileen Ogintz
VENICE, ITALY (DAY ONE) – Our Uniworld River Cruise in and around Venice got off to a rainy start but never let a rainy day spoil your fun. Get out and take a walking tour and see scenes like these (all photos taken by Andy Yemma with a Nikon D3400 SLR digital camera):
![Uniworld's River Countess docked in Venice Italy](https://takingthekids.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Snip20181001_9.png)
![St Mark's Square on a rain day](https://takingthekids.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Snip20181001_15.png)
![Family boarding gondola](https://takingthekids.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Snip20181001_11.png)
![Clocktower in St. Mark's Square](https://takingthekids.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Snip20181001_14.png)
![Souvenir Shop off St. Mark's Square](https://takingthekids.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Snip20181001_13.png)
![Looking out from the Bridge of Sighs](https://takingthekids.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Snip20181001_17.png)
![Where medieval Venicians could rat out their neighbors](https://takingthekids.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Snip20181001_21.png)
![Fun with pizza dough in a shop window](https://takingthekids.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Snip20181001_12.png)
![Locals fishing in the rain in Venice](https://takingthekids.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Snip20181001_18.png)
![Communinistas! Actually more like a drinking society](https://takingthekids.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Snip20181001_10.png)
![Entering the Doges Palace](https://takingthekids.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Snip20181001_16.png)
![Clock in the Doges Palace that measured time by the amount of daylight](https://takingthekids.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Snip20181001_19.png)
![The huge, ornate governing room in the Doges Palace, where Venice was governed for hundreds of years until Napoleon ruined it all](https://takingthekids.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Snip20181001_20.png)