Day 26: Venice

We left from Bologna this morning and found ourselves in Venice two hours later. It was an easy walk to our hostel, where we dropped off our bags and went off to explore. We had met some Australians in Bologna who were in Venice today so we met up with them at San Marcos Square. Kat, Nicholas, Gerard, and the two of us spent the afternoon aimlessly wandering the tiny streets and canals. We had a pizza lunch, enjoyed some gelato to cool down, and eventually settled down at a bar on the main canal to sit and chat. Basically, we love them!

Our hostel is incredible! There are about 15 people staying here, and for 4 euros the owner made us a delicious dinner. After dinner a few of us found a bar around the corner where we had amaretto sours and played memory with a Kiwi, a German, a Britt, and another American.


Moment of Misery: When we called the Australians from the train station, they told us to hop on a water-bus and meet them at San Marcos Square. That sounded easy enough so we went and got in line to buy tickets. A few things went wrong with our journey: tickets were 6.50 euro each for one direction, a mob of Asian tourists cut us in line, the boat was crowded with sweaty, smelly tourists, and we could have walked there faster than the boat. As we exited the boat, we vowed never to set foot in Venice transportation again. Looks like we’ve got some walking ahead of us tomorrow!