Venice

We spent most of Tuesday (March 29) traveling via train though the south of France and into Venice. Back in Paris, we'd had some issues reserving our train ticket to Venice, so were were only there for a little over 16 hours! Being in Venice for less than a day was definitely not part of our original travel plans, but the unexpected does and will happen during traveling, so we did what we could in those 16 hours.

Stepping out of the train station and seeing Venice was like stepping into a fairy tale. I loved all the canals and how walking through the city was like walking through a labyrinth of pretty, stone buildings.







We had to check in at our hostel first, but to get there we had to take a boat! Venice has what is sort of the equivalent of city buses, but in boat form, so we took one of those.

Boat station


Our hostel was on the other side of Venice, so we were able to see a lot of the city's major waterways. After sleeping on our train (even if it was first class), Michelle and I were pretty grateful to have a large room all to ourselves.
After we checked in, we walked around the area of Venice we were in, ate dinner (and gelato!), wandered around some more, and then headed back to the hostel for the night.



The next morning we had to catch our train, which was thankfully not too early in the morning, so we were able to sleep in some and take our time. Michelle and I bought gelato and quickly cemented our addiction. I don't know how much gelato we ate while in Italy, but our average was two cups or cones of gelato a day. Gee.
We took another boat to the train station from our hostel, bought some lunch for the train and then we were on our way to Rome!