Last weekend we went on a trip to Venice! It was amazing!! We woke up early Saturday morning and took a 4 hour train into Treviso, a small city outside of Venice, where we checked into our hotel and had some lunch. We went to a Celtic Pub down the street from our hotel and had a delicious lunch which included french fries!! After lunch we were officially headed into Venice. 
We took a train into Venice and once we stepped off the train we were greeted with boats and boats and more boats! Venice is such a cool city in that there are no cars or mopeds. It is much quieter than Rome. The two ways to get around in Venice are on foot or by boat. There are boats all throughout the canals. Also, Venice is sinking. So if you come later in the year there are platforms to walk across because the tide rises and covers the streets! Crazy!! We took a boat to San Marco, the Cathedral of Venice dedicated to Saint Mark the patron of Venice. We took a tour of San Marco and we had free time for the rest of the afternoon. Rylee, Danielle, and I started walking throughout the streets of Venice. Before we left our Italian teacher Letizia told us it was very easy, but beautiful, to get lost in Venice, well she was right. We totally got lost in the streets, but it was amazing. There were so many cute shops selling Venetian masks and Murano glass. After awhile walking we decided to get Spritz, the local drink of Venice. It's sparkling wine with Aperol, an orange flavored liquor. It was delicious! By far my favorite drink I've had here in Italy. After our drinks we needed to get back to San Marco for dinner, we realized that we were all the way back by the train station. So, we hopped on a boat and had to take a 30 minute ride to San Marco. We ran to meet the group for dinner, luckily we made it just in time. Dinner was so good! We finally had some seafood--something I have been waiting for since we got here. We had pasta with mussels, clams, and shrimp. After we had some salad and calamari! So good!! After dinner we headed back to our hotel for the night. When we got back to Treviso, Caroline, Rylee, Danielle, and I walked around the city and stopped back at the Celtic Pub for some Spritz!
Sunday morning we woke up bright and early to get to Mass. After a long walk around town we finally made it to a church for Mass. After we went to mass it was a long walk back to the hotel, a quick breakfast and off to Venice! When we arrived in Venice, Caroline, Rylee, Danielle, Rich, and I went to Murano--an island off the coast of Venice that specialized in blowing glass. Let me tell you that the glass here is beautiful!! They make anything you can think of!! We walked around the island and saw a gondola race and a gondola parade, it was great! After our morning on Murano, we went back to Venice. We went exploring through Venice again, looking at the masks and we even went on a Gondola ride! We also had an amazing lunch!! After all of this free time it was time to head back to Rome. We got on the train and expected a smooth ride back, but about three hours into the train ride we stopped. Just stopped with no explanation. After an extra two hours we finally got into Rome at 12:30. Even with the train problems it was an amazing weekend!!
This weekend I am off on my own to Pisa, Bologna, Parma, and Genoa! I am super excited!! I'll let you know how it goes!!
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