Venice

On March 12 we left Rome for Venice. The initial plan was to rent a car and drive from Rome to Venice. We actually were in the car when we realized that we could not drive a stick shift. Tough loss for us (Mom I'm sure you are happy about this) We then decided to take a train. The train ride lasted about 3 or 4 hours, the majority of which was spent sleeping. Upon our arrival to Venice, we checked into our hostel and walked around. We had dinner and found frozen gold: gelato ice cream which is the very best ice cream in the world. Over the three days that we ate gelato probably between 15 to 20 times (chocolate chip and nutella were my favorites) We continued to walk around and tried our best to use the map to not get lost but quickly realized that getting lost is so easy because everything looks the same with canals everywhere. Venice was a very quiet city because they are no cars or motorcycles. It was actually a little odd going back to the noise of London. The city was beautiful

Friday we just walked around St. Mark's Square and the bay area. Venice was a nice way to end the trip because there is not too much to do there so we found ourselves sleeping in a lot and relaxing at a lot of the outdoor cafes. We got to see a lot of the Grand Canal as well as the Per Rialto bridge as well as a ton of gondolas. Friday night we met a few girls that lived in Venice and we talked with them for a long time about everything but mostly about cultural differences. They were so nice and agreed to met with us the next night.

Saturday it was more of the same. We found an Irish pub and watched the Manchester United game (they got smoked at home) and continued to eat gelato. We met with the girls from Venice and they took us to a local Venetian Restaurant. They were so nice to us and the food was great. We agreed to meet them from breakfast the next morning.

Sunday, I was getting a little tired of the language barrier and ready to get home. We get to the airport: Apparently I did not book my ticket home. Great. 10 hours stuck in the Marco Polo Airport in Venice was way too long for me plus the x amount that it cost for me to get back added to the unfortunate way to end a great spring break trip.

We had a great time over the trip!