Once in Venice, we had to catch a bus to the place we were staying. This time, it was 'camping'. We found a bus stop and waited just a few minutes, before the right bus came along.
Of course it was crowded, and we had our packs on, everyone started telling us to take them off (in Italian, but we knew what they meant by their hand gestures). We couldn't figure out how to pay for the bus, so I guess it was free (but not really, whoops). The ride wasn't long, before we had to get off and start waking.
Oh look Terri, a gelato place! Let's go!
She didn't want to. Crazy girl (don't worry, we came back).
The 'camping' place was neat. There are tons of these little bungalow type buildings. Most of them have three beds, which is what we booked. We expected to have a roommate, they even told us we would, but no one ever showed up. So we had our own private room, with a really hot shower, comfy beds, (other then being a bit cold) for €10 each a night. We thought it was a pretty good deal.
So, as I mentioned, we went back to the gelato shop. It was magical. Only €1.50 a cone (I had chocolate caramel, Terri had lemon). The gelato was super fluffy! Terri says it was her favourite place so far. As we were walking around and exploring the area, with our cones in hand, I found a thrift store. In Venice. With lots, and lots of leather boots. I wanted them all, somehow I resisted. We didn't buy anything, and never did go back, but I'll always remember that thrift store, and all the boots.
We only had two days in Venice (probably could of had one more). We spent a lot of time just exploring the city and getting lost.
When ever we went to a shop, or restaurant, we tried our best to go in to a more local place. We had great coffee, everywhere we went, had nice pastries and baked goods, as well. For meals we tried gnocchi and spaghetti, pizza, cristinis, Octapus salad, and buns filled with meat. Also, gelato (I tried choclate caramel, lemon, and melon, which was my favorite).
After our first day in Venice, hungry and tired, we wanted to go back to a place we had seen earlier in the day, amazingly we knew where it was. Once we saw the menu and prices, we changed our minds though. Luckily there was a really cute place next door. The owner had a bunch of meat and cheeses in his display cases, so it looked more like a deli, but we decided to give it a try.
He made little cristinis for us, they were delious. Had six each, with a glass of Prosecco. The guy really made us feel comfortable. We wanted to come back the next day, but decided we'd better try pizza instead.
Our last day in Venice, we went on a free walking tour for about three hours. It was a group of 30 other tourists, so we weren't to sure about it, but it ended up being really informative and interesting. Our tour guide told us that tourism has taken over Venice, it's the only industry left really, so we felt glad we'd already been buying things from local shops. She also knew lots of history about Venice, so I'm glad we did it.
My favorite part about Venice was definetely all the canals, they looked so beautiful. Some were flat calm, and very peaceful, others very rough, and busy. Which is a prefect example of the city in my opinion.
The city isn't prefect, which is what we loved about it. It has so much character and charm. Most of the building are crumbling from the salt water, (the city floods) which just adds to the charm. It's nice not to see a bunch of new buildings everywhere.
I can't wait to come back to Venice one day, and maybe find some new, and old favourite spots.
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