Day 13

Bed and Breakfast Venice 10:11 PM 07-03-10

Today we woke up in Venice after a good night sleep. We checked out of our Hotel and moved over to our bed and breafast a whole 200 yards from the our hotel's front door. Then we went in search of the Rialto, stopping for a pizza lunch on the way, but we got a bit lost and ended up in San Marco square first. The streets of Venice are so small and filled with people that when you get to a large plaza it's surprising. The square is grand and the buildings there are beautiful. They are all different styles whcih makes Venice seem like a conflicting city. It sometimes wants to be oranate and decorative and sometimes more repetitive and functional. We walked around the plaza finding the edge of the city and looked out upon the relatively open water. Then we did some more exploring in back alleys and small streets. We kept wondering until there it was, the Rilato Bridge, the oldest and most famous in Venice. Once a trade center for fruits and vegatables and fish, all we saw now were tourist shops. We climbed the steps and looked out at the view of the grand canal from the bridge. It was beautiful.

As the sun got lower we decided to see about a Gondola ride but it was 80 euro until 7:30 pm and 100 euro after that! We decided our money would be spent in many better ways, such as, the one kilogram bag of gummy cola that Troy found in the candy shop! Haribo, look it up! (Troy's words not mine). On the way back we witnessed an argument between two Italian men. Everyonje was staring and other Italians looked shooked which made me wonder what they were saying.

We went to the market, the local paper store (Like Office Max) and went back to our room. We unloaded all of our things and went out again to the internet cafe as usual and Troy called home to his Dad. His Dad said he was all alone while his Mom was in Vietnam. Then we went back to our room for the night.