Doges palace

On the day I took a boat ride to Doges Palace the place caught me off guard.  I seriously had to take a deep breath and stand back to realize where I was.  Doges palace had so many rooms it reminded me of the Golden Palace in China.  There would never be a reason to ever leave that place.  What point would it be to go visit the outside world?  That would be torchure but I could have definently laid on the floor of each room of that palace and just stare at the ceiling.  The artwork was so detailed.  Lil fat cherubs were running around the ceilings and Atlas Adam Eve Saint Mark and others were on the walls.  It felt just like a Disney movie.  I kept asking where was the Real Italy.  People were speaking quietly and were nothing like the "Italian" stereotypes we have in America.  Maybe its just Venice... Idk.  Nobody there had cars so it changed the feel of the whole city for me.  I had to ask do kids take the water bus to schools.  Their response was yes.  I wanted to know where people worked... It seems like all I saw were vendors but maybe I was just looking in the wrong places.