Venice

Random cute couple

Ah Venice. There is something about Venice that is magical, that even though its so touristy and doesn't actually have a lot of things to do, its still so amazing. 

After we cooled down a bit at our hostel (which was actually in Venice, a rare thing), we went to the Doge Palace and the bridge of sighs which was really cool. The interior was really beautiful with paintings and wood paneling covering every surface. Across the bridge of sighs was the prison, and that was cool as well. 

By this time it wasn't insanely hot anymore and after grabbing some dinner, we played a game that is really fun to play in Venice called the coin toss. Every time we came to a split in the road we flipped a coin to see which way to turn. After not too long, we got very lost and had lots of fun exploring Venice after all the tourists went back to their hotels on the mainland. This is when I fell head over heels in love with Venice!

I won't lie, when we first arrived in Venice in the afternoon, I hated it. Sure the canals were cool and the boats everywhere, but it was insanely hot and Venice is not fun to get lost in when you're carrying a massive backpack and its 30 degrees.

The next day we took a water bus to Murano, a little island by Venice where they make glass. We went in to one of the factories and saw a demonstration which was really cool. The glass there was beautiful! Sadly, I did not buy any of it because of the weight/breakability of glass, but I did buy a masquerade mask which I am really excited about. I may have to throw a masquerade party now!

We were expecting to take a night train to Paris that night, but it turns out Paris decided to go on strike, so we had to cut our visit in Venice short to take a massive detour over to Munich to catch a night train to Paris from there.

Venice by night