Day 12

Venice Hotel 10:20 PM 7/2/10

That's right, I said Hotel! We are sitting in our comfy room with air conditioning, a bathroom asnd electricity! Despite the fact that we are relaxing and journaling now today was a difficult day. We spent last night on three trains catching bits of sleep whenever we could. We finally got to Venice after travelling for almost 19 hours straight and we were tired. We waited on the train station steps to get info from the information desk and wondered to a bridge to watch the sun rising over the canals, and I must say despite how tired we were it was beautiful. We found a park and ate a breakfast of bread and cheese sandwiches and received more dirty looks than I've ever gotten in my life. I would smile at people and they would frown at me. I couldn't believe how rudly we were treated. Then we went to the internet cafe and found out our cat had been put to sleep. I was a wreak so Troy booked us a hotel and we headed over hoping to shower or drop off our packs even though it was only 10:30 am. The hotel manager said a room would be ready by noon and that we could leave our packs there, yeah! He was extremely nice and helpful. I got some ice cream and Troy and I sat by the canal watching gondolas and ohter boats go by. No cars! It sounds dumb but I never thought about the fact that there are no cars in Venice.

Then we went back top the hotel and slept from noon to five. We woke feeling so much better. We got ready and went to dinner. We had wonderful pasta and reminisced about Eli. Then we got more ice-cream and went back to the park again. Tomorrow night we stay at a bed and breakfast.

(There were no accidents with Eli. He was 15 years old and had cancer. We were sad we couldn't be there, but we know that he had an amazing life!)

R.I.P. Eli (The Little Moo Cow)