Day 8: Tue. Sept. 20th -- VENICE
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The first thing on our schedule (even though I wasn‘t allowed to use that word on the trip, strictly speaking) was the Piazza St. Marco, which was cool… and full of pigeons. We also went in the church, which was remarkable because, 1) it has beautiful gold tiling everywhere, and 2) the marble floor is uneven because, hey, it’s Venice!
Upon leaving the church, we found that the tide had invaded the piazza, which meant we had to find a different way back to our hostel, where we were supposed to meet someone (who didn‘t show). Before finding our way back we perused the area shops, which house lots and lots of masks. We treated ourselves to a snack that looked uncannily like a large wedge of chocolate brownie, but alas! it sure wasn’t.
Our goal for the afternoon was to find a couple others and share a gondola ride (‘cause they’re expensive!). We had zero luck for a long time and were about to give up when we found a young British couple who were up for it. What a fun experience.
We finished with lots of time to kill before our night train back to Paris and so wandered, ate, and showed up to the station early/on time for a change. This night train was much less notable. There was an Italian guy, a Pakistani guy, and a couple of gals (mother-daughter-types, who weren’t really in the couchette during waking hours). Yeah, nothing really notable this time.
posted by Kate @ 5:25 AM
1 Comments:
Another great photo of a gondola! Sorry to comment again in comparison, but we had to settle for a ride on the ferry since they are so expensive, like you said! Was it as fun as you had thought!? Romantic?
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