Venice
Venice, Italy
Now that we’re done “teaching” we can once again give the blog some much needed attention. Without further adieu, here is Venice…
The morning of July 4th we flew from Austria to mainland of Italy. The flight was only about an hour and pretty uneventful. We got into Venice Treviso airport at around 1pm local time and hopped on a bus to the island of Venice (Piazzale Roma). By that point it was about two in the afternoon and the sun was scorching. From Piazzele Roma we caught a water-bus to our hotel.
The trip was very draining, mostly due to the heat. Water bus is a good way to get around, but isn’t especially fast. Our hotel was quite a ways down the Grand Canal, so we settled in for a long ride. It might be slow, but you get quite a view of the city. Our final bus stop was the Ca’Rezzonico, a very large house on the waterfront. It once belonged to a rich Venetian family, but has since been turned into a museum. Once off the boat it was just a few narrow streets to our hotel. I have never seen such skinny streets! It was hard to squeeze past people with our huge packs on.
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