Monday, September 12, 2011

Parlla Ingleis!?

Venice:
Venice was The... Most... Beautiful... place i’ve ever seen. It’s bus system is all by boat, so you go to bus stops to get picked up by a boat and taken to the next stop and get off the boat and walk to your destination. I didn’t see a single car while on the actual island of Venice, which was pretty amazing with the amount of people there. 
Kayla Looking out from the Island of Venice
We were only there for one day (which was really enough) and there weren’t many “sights” to see... By that I mean the point of Venice for us anyway was just walking around and exploring the town, no historical places we just “had” to go to, which was nice after a huge list of stuff we needed to get too in Berlin. The day we got there we just hung out at our campsite, we got what was advertised as a “beach side cabin” and apparently it was lost in translation because what we got was an air conditioned double wide, with a fence that didn’t let us go to the beach. This was fine because it was super cheap and fairly secure, with our own bathroom (no towels though, they wanted six euros per towel so i dried off with their extra blanket they left in the room haha). The next morning when we woke up we hopped on the first boat to the Island of Venice and just kinda “got lost” as we walked around and explored keeping in mind the general direction we needed to head in when we wanted to go back. After we were done we found a local place to eat some amazing pasta dishes, the waiter got made when i tried to poor my own coke can in my glass haha. I ordered lasagna and kayla got an Alfredo dish. Both were the best we ever had, (sorry ma, they must put some sort of crack in it cause it blew yours out of the water). Birds were everywhere and a little guy came and chilled on our table while we ate, so when the waiter wasn’t looking kayla slipped him some bread and he flew off and shared with his buddy.
After lunch we made our way back to our camp site and got ready to go hang out on the beach, we caught a ferry to the local beach where the Venice Film Festival is held, grabbed some ice cream cones (AMAZING) at the local ice cream shop and we just hung out there on a blanket and enjoyed life, kayla even convinced me to go in the water a little bit but i wasn’t a fan as the seashells in the sand didn’t feel too great on my  bare feet. 





Gondola rides were a little steep for my price range... 120 euros for a ride... not thanks!!
Venice as a whole: 7 - I’d come back, but their wasn’t much to see, i guess the city as a whole is what you go to see.
The italian Language: 9 - Probably to coolest language to listen to people speak, something about it sounds so elegant and romantic.
The attractiveness of the (local) people: 9 - The local people we very attractive
Expensiveness: 9 (very expensive) - by this i mean the transportation, you have to buy a day pass for the boats and ferry’s if you’re going to come here and it’ll cost you 22 euros EACH per day... the food isn’t too steep but it isn’t cheap either.
Sights to see: 8 - The city itself is breathtaking, simply put it’s a place you have to see if you’re in italy, even if it’s just for a day.
Food: 101919292 - Yes, thats right, above ten... best food to ever pass these lips...

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