Faced with entertaining a seemingly endless stream of ice-cream covered small faces that wander through her house and leave handprints on the bathroom walls, local resident Maureen Ogilvie has developed a series of local adventures designed to keep the visiting tykes entertained and to wear them out by an appropriate hour.  As this is a common situation in Venice, which has a high percentage of retiree households, she has written a series of articles designed to help you show them a fun time (and allowing you to become a bit of a kid again yourself) without breaking your budget.

Here is her continuing series of articles.

1.) There's more to the beach than a lounge chair

2.) Fishing at the Venice Jetties

3) When was the last time you were on a bicycle?

4) Bird Lovers

5) No matter what I am trying to categorize, one title always comes up - other!

All photos in this section by Maureen Ogilvie