Ciao ragazzi! We decided to take a little weekend trip to Venice, "the city where taxis are boats called vaporettos." It was exactly like what it looked like in movies (particuarly the Italian Job). It was so weird to me how much water there was, even though I knew that was what it was going to be. There are bridges between every block. They are full of street vendors selling things from plastic balls that you throw on the ground to Venice sweatshirts to keychains. One of the sweatshirts they have is a copy of the white and black striped sweatshirts that all the captains wore. I took a picture with the gondola captains, and it turned out like this:
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| My gondola buddies and I |
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| bell tower from terrace view at our hotel. |
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| My carnival friends |
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| The Adriatic Sea behind me |
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| Pops and I at the Ducale Museum |
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| A gondola with a church in the background on the Grand Canal |
Venice has much to see like Florence and Rome, but its main feature (the fact that it's built on water) is out of this world. I highly recommend seeing it and seeing it soon, because the water might rise due to global warming.
Evan
