Okay well after a long flight from Athens and an even longer bus ride from the Milan airport, we finally arrived in northern Italy at our first stop: Venice! We wasted no time hopping right on a boat (there form of public transportation) and heading to the city a few hours before the sun went down. Now I must say you can google Venice all you want, but nothing compares to seeing it with you own eyes. I almost don’t want to show you pictures because they won’t do justice. The beautiful narrow roads, connecting to colorful buildings and blue waters was even better than I imagined. I could see myself totally opting to retire in Venice over Florida any day, with its quaint roads and authentic Italian feel all I wanted to do was sip a coffee and read the newspaper.
Well after doing an extensive amount of damage to my funds by purchasing half the Murano glass and masks in Venice (for gifts – sort of) we proceeding to find a place to eat when we stumbled upon a narrow water way with non other than a Gondola. We didn’t even put a second thought into hoping on in, because who would ever go to Venice and not actually ride the Gondola? As our rower sang in Italian bring us through quite ally ways, I finally had my your in Italy feeling. The entire city of Venice is so peaceful and to see it all while in Gondola was amazing.
After our Gondola ride we wondered around to find a place for our first Italian meal. Once sitting down, I settled on a tradition Venice fish and pasta dish. Although I was brought out a pasta in a literally black sauce, it was delicious. To top it off with I ended with my first gelato, which was delicious as well. Overall, Venice made me feel the real “old school” Italian vibe and definitely had me looking forward to the rest of my travels around the country.
Cioa xo,
Lindsey
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