Venice

I flew into Venice on a Wednesday afternoon. I took the bus that was supposed to get me close to my hotel....but it turns out it took me to the completely wrong area! A nice old lady looked at the address i showed her, looked at my map that a hotel manager almost wouldn't give me, and pointed to an area off the map and said uh..over here. So to make a long story short I got on a random bus, got off at a stop that looked good, wandered the streets of an area called Mestre for three hours in the rain, and found my hotel!

First picture as I got off the bus and realized I was totally lost.

After I found my hotel and showered, Breanna, Chip, and Kristin found the hotel! We set off to explore Venice. Luckily the weather had cleared up to blue skies and sun.

We walked around a ton looking for a good place to eat....

...saw lots of hanging laundry out the windows...

...and found a great restaurant with fabulous pesto lasagna.

Gondola men!

Glass blowing.

Pretty much, I LOVE Italy and am counting down the days until I can come back.