30/06/09 Rome to Venice Day 1

We got up early and the security guard drove us to the train stop, where we found our way to Rome Termini and onto our train to Venice.



When we arrived, we decided to walk to our hotel because it costs 6.50 euros to ride the vaporetto. Venice isn't very big and it wasn't too hard, though it was really hot, especially with out backpacks. Due to there being virtually no cheap accomodations open in Venice, we are staying in an actual hotel with an actual bed, shower, toilet, TELEVISION, and towels! It's pretty amazing. I miss TV.

We went to Rialto where there are a bunch of market stalls and looked at all the glass things. We got some food items, including fresh fruit cups. There are a lot of shops with cute little glass animals like birds and bunnies and various breeds of dog. Some of them are really tiny and adorable!

After that, we got some gelato and headed for St. Mark's Square. It was too late to go in the basilica, so hopefully we will tomorrow. We're also hoping to go to a few islands tomorrow, like Lido and the other one...which I can't remember the name of right now, but they make all the glass there.

Right now we're in a bar with free wifi. There's a guy playing guitar and covering songs. He's a good singer, especially since he's Italian and singing in English.

For some reason Allen has the idea that whiskey tastes good and is now falling asleep, so we should probably go now.