17/06 18:15 - 20:08 Firenze S.M.N. to Venezia Mestre
A tale of our time in Venice, Italy:
Before I begin this post I'd just like to say that I apologize for not posting more while we were traveling, but hopefully these series of posts will give you a little insight into what it's like to travel by train for three months. It's a very daunting task to peruse and share pictures and stories from each place we visited in order so I decided to go with places that stood out and memories I would like to keep. Thus, I will start with Venice.
One day when I was walking around the UMaine campus I stumbled upon an artwork sale and I bought this really cheesy poster of a couple kissing by the water in Venice. Thus, of course, I had to make this a stop and mission on my trip, not to mention, can you imagine a city that has no cars?
As we arrived at the train station outside of Venice we stayed at a hostel close by and ventured into the city the next day. As with most cities we read about and made sure to download the best and cheapest things to do in each city before we got there (we didn't have cell phone data from May-August). The first thing on the ticket was to ride the ferry boat down the grand canal to the main square (Piazza San Marco). From here we did what we always did...walked. We watched many gondolas wind through the canals, ate chocolate gelato, and almost fell into the water a couple of times. My favorite part of the day was when we lost the tourist crowd by winding through the streets and found ourselves at the end of a long skinny alleyway where we could chill on a dock and watch all the boats go by. If I could go back: I'd pay the money to take a gondola ride. If you follow the link below you can see a snapshot of our day.
19/06 11:24 - 18:58 Venezia Mestre - Verona Porta Nuova - Innsbruck HBF - Salzburg HBF
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