Made it to Venice! Got here yesterday around 3:00, and...we found the hostel no problem! Although if we wouldn't have had directions there is no way we would have found it. It's another weird one that has no sign outside so unless you know where it is you wouldn't find it. The hostel isn't to bad, however it doesn't ha e a kitchen which kind of sucks, seeing as Venice is kind of expensive.
On our first day here we went on a gondola ride! It was one of the best moments so far. It was so sunny and beautiful we just had to take a ride, it was saposed to rain today but it ended up being super sunny and warm. We got a good discount in our gondola ride too! He gave us a deal...I guess we were looking good, bahahah. After the ride we wondered around the city because Venice is a city you need to get lost in. The streets make no sense and you have to cross so many bridges you never know which side of the main canal your on. So easy to get lost but honestl that's part of the fun and beauty of the city, you see the best things when your not looking for anything in particular. We decided last night tha we didn't want pizza or pasta because that's getting little old, that's all the restaurants serve in all of Italy. So last night we found a Chinese food resturant so we decided to give it a try. It was so good, the spring rolls were def top two for me.
Today we went out donned in our rain gear and were all set for a riany crappy day but... It didn't rain! It got sunny and hot! Finally a break from all the rain. We went to San Marco square, went into the huge church that is complety covered in gold mosaics inside, wondered around the square and window shopped because no way we could afford the stuff in that place. We found a few neat looking cafes so we decided to stop and check them out and see the menu prices, hahaha yeah right who are they kidding charging 9€ for a cappuccino and 10€ for a hot chocolate that's absolutely rediclious! And the more rediclous thing is that they cafes were packed with people. Although I guess if you can afford to stay in Venice you can afford the stuff in the city. It's impossible,to find cheap accomidations even then hostels are expensive compared to every other city in Italy, and the stupid tourist tax is way more then everywhere else. Yup that's right they have a tourist tax, usually it's 1pr 2€ a night but here IRS 3€ a night! On top of your accomidations price I might add, cuz it's not included. We basically did the same thing today as yesterday just wondered around and seen the city, spend most of our time sitting in the sun enjoying the views. It's such a neat city, having to walk over bridges all the time and there's no cars it's all walking streets. Which means everyone has a boat, so the boat traffic is rediclous! They even have police boats, I don't mean coastguard I mean literally a boat that looks like a police car, with lights and sirens and everything. And if you want a bus, there water buses! We also went into a bunch of churches today.
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