(The Beautiful Venice)
This weekend it was off to Venice, I have been so excited for this weekend trip because Venice just seems so perfect! I was so right! This is my new favorite place in the world, I haven’t been a ton of places but I’m not sure if anywhere could top Venice! Hands down the most beautiful place I have ever been. The town is so calm and quiet because there were no cars or bikes anywhere! Everyone travels by boat through the canals and is just so peaceful, it was a huge difference from the hustle and bustle of Florence. We left on Friday on a 4:30 am train! So crazy but it was the only train left…so we were a tad sleepy when we arrived, but we were just in time for breakfast in Venice. The whole trip was surreal, I had to keep reminding myself I was in Venice!
(An exhibit at La Biennale, Yes that is Play dough)
After having breakfast we headed to the Biennale, which is the largest exhibition for contemporary art in the world, which also happened to be 5 miles away from our hotel! So after our long hike we finally made it, the art exhibition was very interesting to say the least, but it was a very cool experience. We stayed at the Biennale for about 3 hours and waited out the rain, then headed to have pizza and calzones at this little place by our hotel. We were all ready to pass out due to our early train so we went back to the hotel for some R&R! Our hotel was so perfect! So cute, quaint, beautiful and family owned! The little man that owned the B&B was so sweet and took great care of us! I would suggest this place to everyone! As we were leaving I told the guy we loved Venice and the B&B and that I would be back someday, and he said it was because Venice was beautiful and just like Disney World! J
(Our Cute Little B&B, Ca Dogaressa)
On Saturday we woke up a little early to meet our tour guide for our walking tour of Venice. The breakfast at our B&B was great and so filling which isn’t common around here! Our tour guide was great and we were able to see everything that we imagined, then we took a gondola ride around the city! The gondola ride was so fun but a little scary, it was a different way to see the city! All of the gondola guys have conversations while driving the little boats, our gondola sang to us for about 20 seconds and that was it! haha So far this has been my favorite part of the whole trip and I wish we were able to spend more time there! It is defiantly the most beautiful place in the world!
(Our Gondola Guy)
We got back into Florence on Saturday night late, so today we went the Uffitzi and the Orsanmichele, to get a few more museums in before we leave this weekend. Now I am taking a break from my final papers and catching up with my pictures and blog. This week in the last 4 days of school and then off to Paris for 4 days then Home! This week will be full of cramming in things we forgot to do, packing, studying, writing papers and making more memories. I can’t believe this experience has flown by so fast, but I’m ready to be home with my family and air conditioning! Tomorrow after class we are off for a boat ride along the river to see Florence in a new way! See everyone soon!
Sincerely,
Moving to Venice
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