This past Saturday some of us decided to venture to Venice for the day! From Firenze, It is only a two hour train ride. The train we took was VERY nice. We got to Venice around 11 bought a map and headed on our way! We took our time walking through the tiny street and bridges over the grande canal thru Venice. We walked in many Venetian glass stores- It was all so beautiful. We finally stumbled upon Ponte Di Rialto. Here we did some shopping and sat down for a nice lunch. My favorite spot in Venice was Basilica San Marco. It was just stunning- all the details that were put into are beatiful. Of course I decide to wear the only shirt I brought that resembles the outfit the men who drive the gondola wears- a blue and white striped shirt. I didn't even think about this until I got to the train station and my friend Joanna started laughing at me! I promise I didn't wear it on purpose!!!! It did help us get the price of a gondola ride down to 60 euros (down from 80) but we still thought that it was kinda a ripoff!!! Although Venice smelled a little haha I still really enjoyed it. It might be one of my favorite cities in Italy I have been to! Finally around 6:30 we headed to the train station. We were all EXHAUSTED so naturally this would happen to me... We walked into our train car and started walking to my seat. A lady was sitting in my seat so we kindly told her. We thought maybe she just got on the wrong car. Well as it turns out TranItalia had booked two people for the same seat!!!!!! Well actually they double booked about 10 seats. What a mess. We finally got it all figured out and I did in fact have a place to sit.
Sunday afternoon we spent the day at the pool! My school organized this trip and we went to a nice Villa outside of Florence. It was so nice to be able to relax. It was funny though because in order to swim in the pool you needed to wear a swim cap- so weird! Crazy Italians.. haha
I am so busy this week finishing up my shopping, working on my final project for my class, visiting all the places in Florence that I haven't gotten a chance to see yet and trying to figure a way to move here!!! My final day of class is Friday. I will then travel to Rome for the remainder of my trip. I can't believe I have a little over 1 week left in Italy. I could stay here FOREVER!!! Ciao!
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