Thursday, April 24, 2008

Venice and waste of a day in Milan

Venice was fantastic. Since it had less "touristy" things to do, we got to spend lots of time wandering around the streets. This was really fabulous, they had tiny little streets with lots of shops, and just walking around the canals was lots of fun. I really liked all the water taxis that there were.. I think that would be a pretty fun job.
Saint Mark's square was the big tourist spot. There were soo many pigeons in the square, it was crazy! They were all over! The Doge's Palace, and the Museo Correr and a big cathedral (Saint Mark's) with lots of amazing mosaics were all on that square, and it was neat to go look through there. The prison was especially cool.
One really crazy thing happened. One afternoon while Cara and I were wandering the streets, we ran into two people who also are studying abroad at Leicester! It was crazy, we had no idea they were there, and we just saw them on the street! It was really funny. So, we hung out with them for awhile.
One really cool church was the Frari church. There was a famous sculpture by Donatello, and also a really cool tomb. The tomb was shaped like one side of a pyramid (so, I guess I could have just said a triangle...) and it had lots of cool statues and carvings in it. It is the tomb of Antonio Canova, but apparently only his heart is buried there.
The Rialto bridge was pretty cool, with neat shops all along it. The only bad thing was there was a big advertisement on one side of it, so that was a little disappointing.
We stayed at another "campsite" outside of Venice (much like in Rome) only this one was funnier, because the bathroom sink was in the shower. So, we had a shink for our time. haha. Also they had a "kitchen" where you could cook, but it was just an oven under a little awning outside.
Well, next we went to Milan.. but we didn't realize that you need to book tickets at least a few weeks in advance to see the Last Supper, which was the only reason we went to Milan. So, the day before we tried to book tickets.. we got to Milan, found out we couldn't see it.. and then we just walked around Milan and had a relaxing day. On to Interlaken, and the last two weeks of our holiday!

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