So the trip to italy was yet another long drive day. But it's ok since now we'll be in Italy for pretty much a week. The first night was awesome at the campsite as it involved a campsite bar (yeah that's how camping rolls in Europe. Sites also have laundry, supermarkets, and restaurants) special drink called amnesia, with good reason. It had vodka, gin and rum with fanta plus grenadine to cover up the taste of the liquor. Dangerously delicious combo. I was all good though. Had some sweaty dances at the bar to some awesome music and was still good to go this morning. Was also quite able to handle the ferry ride over to venice while many of my tour mates were not quite so lucky.
Had a hilarious walking tour from a little French lady (how funny is that?!) who is apparently married to a venetian, not an Italian. Who knew there was a difference? And for those of you who are unfamiliar with how Venice is laid out it's a complete maze. Much too easy to get lost in the little alleyways but this little French chicky brought us to see the coolest things. Then we had the morning and afternoon to roam so the activity of choice became getting purposefully losqt in the side streets and alleyways. As stupid as this sounds it was pretty cool to come across a dead end that was actually a couple of stairs down into a canal. And FYI for those of you who were wondering: yes the city does flood, usually about 20 times a year. No, the city isn't actually sinking, it's just the wood between the clay bricks that doesn't rot but compresses over time making things shorter and slightly sinky. But it won't crumble to the sea anytime soon. Ok time to stop being a nerd. And btw when people find out you're an engineer that apparently makes you qualified to explain how the city was built on top of the water. Hilarious. One more fun fact: the canals are only about six feet deep.
Saw a glass blowing demo that would've been cool if it had lasted longer than about five minutes. And OF COURSE went on a gondola ride vec some champagne which was awesome. By far the coolest way to get around a city ever. Had some BBQ at the campsite for supper. Yes BBQ in Italy. I think that might be sacrilegious. But don't worry, in Venice today I got some legit Italian pizza and gelato. Noms!
Off to Florence tomorrow!
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