Venice

Our first night in Italy was interesting. We ate dinner at the hotel we stayed at and all just sat in the lounge area with couches and mingled. I drank some delicious Italian wine but most people had the mixed drink, which we came to learn were so strong they were practically deadly. This made for an interesting night. People who had these drinks ended up having a really rough night-Adam being one of them :) The next morning on our way to Venice, we learned a lot of people were up in the night being sick and a few people even got sick on the way there, ewwww(don't worry, not Adam). Glad I stuck to the wine!




We started our visit to Venice at St. Mark's Square. We were super lucky because the day before we were there, Venice flooded. The raised walkways were all out in case it flooded the day we were there, but luck was on our side! We walked by the Bridge of Sighs (the bridge that leads to the prison Cassanova was in). We saw Doges Palace, the columns, the belltower, etc. We also went to a demonstration of how they make the famous glass sculptures there; it was so funny, this HUGE man who looked out of the Sopranos was the artist and he was rough!





After the glass demo, everyone walked to this little authentic pizza stand and got gigantic pizza slices. Then Adam and I walked all over to see the Rialto Bridge, neighborhoods, canals, etc. Everything here was so pretty!



After awhile, we met up with the group to go on a gondola ride. Adam and I rode with 4 guys-Chris, Dave, Kane, and Andrew, haha. Not so romantic but really fun. The gondola man was so funny-I pictured an old guy but he was a young man who seemed to be a model want to be.

After the ride, we walked around more and finally went to a cute little Italian restaurant for dinner. After some Bordeaux and seafood, we headed back to the hotel for bed! It was a long but fun day!


Pictures from Italy: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AbM3DRi0cuWPU&emid=sharshar&linkid=link5&cid=EMsharshar