Venice

Our gondolier
Danielle and I on the gondola

From Florence we took a train to Venice. Getting off the train in Venice we were in for a surpise, expecting to take a taxi to our hotel as we had in the other two cities we were shocked to find out that there were no taxis in Venice--- only water taxis. There are absolutely NO cars or mopeds in Venice. There aren't even any streets. Just tiny windy roads surrounded by water because the city is sinking. Public transportation is by boat, as are taxis, police, and ambulences. We took the public transportation boat to the port closest to our hotel and walked to our hotel from there. Our hotel was even nicer than the first two! We went to San Marco Square and looked at all the Venetian glass shops and I had incredible Sicilian pizza! Then we went on a Gondola ride which was really fun! After we went back to the hotel for a bit and then went to dinner where I had spaghetti in a cream sauce with clams. For dessert I had a hot chocolate which was really thick like pudding and absolutely delicious! The next morning we ate our complementary breakfast complete with blood orange juice (which is a million times better than orange juice) and italian pasteries. We then walked to the train station just outside of Venice and took a bus to the Marco Polo airport. From the airport we flew back to Gatwick concluding our wonderful Italian trip!