Mantua: Next step in world domination

Hi friends. Continuing with our tour of Italy we headed to Mantua from La Spezia. Mantua was a city suggested by my parents who have travelled a lot around Northern Italy. It fit into our plans as it was pretty much half way from La Spezia to Venice where we were going to meet my family.
 

Mantua was a rather small town and very chill. The town is popular with Italian tourists, with its beautiful lake side walk paths and a charming little old town. We did not have any preplanned events or activities for the city, which was good because the traveling was starting to take its toll and we were tired. Mainly we rested a lot and took small walks by the lakes and around the city centre. The lake sides were the best part of the town, with spring turning to summer everything was so green and the animals by the lake were all in their spring mode. We saw many mallard birds fight over mates and once even a duck wanted to get in on the interspecies action. 

The weather was mostly good, with only one rain storm, but that did not stop us from going out to the lakes. On top of that we ate well and caught up on writing blog and going through all the hundred and hundred of pictures Anne had taken. Mantua was a charming town which I enjoyed, but Anne fell in love with. She really enjoyed the green of the plants and the peace of the lake side even though it was only minutes away from the old town. So, Mantua was a pleasant stop on our way to Venice for the last leg of our trip. You know the drill, see you in a few my peeps.

Mantua was filled with charming little streets

Our Airbnb hosts had some Mantua cake for us when we arrived

City squares were lovely as well

Lakes were nice

Spring is in the air with these birds

Bee hotel

Metal map on Mantua embedded into the street

Beautiful courtyard in one of the old buildings

Some nice stake with way too much parmesan

Just a little more sushi