Our Day in Venice

Friday, August 15, we headed to Venice, 

about a two hour train ride from Milan. 

We arrived in Venice and immediately felt like we were in a different world! 

If you’re going to Venice you definitely need to stay on the actual island of Venice

 at least for one night, it’s totally worth it! 

We arrived, got checked-into our hotel and then went to exploring. 

Our plan for Venice was just to wander and explore! 

All the advice we had received before leaving was just to walk in the opposite direction of the tourists,

 so we did and it was wonderful! 

We found the coolest little shops! 

We stumbled on a little pen and ink store, and our inner calligraphers went nuts! 

We could have spent hours in that store, and it was only about 12ftx9ft. 

We each treated ourselves to a beautiful handmade glass pen! 

Oh they’re just stunning! 

Walking around we happened upon some other little shops,

 it’s best when you walk in to a store and see the owner making what they sell as they sit behind the counter. 

We made the famous stops as well as all the side streets, 

the Grande Canal,

 the Rialto Bridge 

and St. Mark’s Square. 

In Venice, just be flexible and go where the day takes you.

 We ended up going to a play called The Goldoni Experience, which is an adaptation of several of Goldoni's plays that offers a really unique look at 18th century Venice. 

But I will warn you about this one thing….

if you see a dish, especially pasta with the word “Nero” in the title…

BEWARE! 

It’s black pasta made with squid ink and looks like worms!

 I accidentally ordered this for dinner…

it tasted good, 

but when I would move it on my plate it looked like worms and freaked me out. 

So if you like squid ink and worms…

go for it…

or if you’re just more adventurous than me. 

We had planned to take the Vaperatto back to our hotel but the schedule was really confusing and the line extra long, 

so we just decided to walk. 

We just tried to stay as close to the Grande Canal as we could and eventually found our way back without getting too off course! 

All in all it was a lovely day in Venice!