Italy - Day 21?

So there have been lot's of things that have happened since the last time I updated, but I'll try to keep this post short (or at least not too long!).

One of the biggest things that's happened though - VENICE! We left on Friday (the 13th) and made it there just fine, with little problems (we only got on the right bus going the wrong way once) and the weather was fine. We explored Venice for a while the first night on our own (we don't know where we were - I think we were in the Old Jewish Ghetto, but I don't know for sure - we just memorized which streets we turned on). That happened a lot. We either remembered which streets we turned on or followed the signs posted around Venice that said "Per Rialto" or "Per S.Marco". We found some cool places doing that too. Venice is a gorgeous city. With all of the water surrounding everything, the building's reflect onto the water, the sun (when it was out) reflecting, it was gorgeous. You should not live in Venice though if you get seasick easily however. The only public transportation: vaporettos (water buses). I loved riding on them, but my roommate couldn't wait to get off of them! To me it felt like being on the lake in a no wake zone, just a slow gentle rocking. We did all of the big things while we were there - we went to San Marco, the Doge's Palace, saw the Rialto Bridge, saw the Bridge of Sighs (and went inside of it too!), took a gondola ride on the Grand Canal, had Bellini's in Piazza San Marco (my roommate's 21st birthday and our final goodbye to Venice), and went to Murano. It was a busy couple of days, but it was simply amazing.

That's honestly, how this whole trip has been. It has been so jam-packed, but it has been an amazing month. It has flown by - I'm going to be home in like a week and a half. I don't know how coherent I'll be, but I'll be home. To get used to the time difference and to get our bodies on Italian time, my roommate and I on the first night, unpacked, went to the supermercati down the street, and then slept from like 9PM to 8AM. That definitely helped me out. I don't think I'll be able to do that when I go home though.

This weekend, my roommate and I went to Ravenna and Bologna (in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy). Honestly, I think we might of enjoyed it more if we weren't just so tired. We've been to so many churches and museums this month...Even though we went to a museum in Bologna (Museo Civico Archelogico di Bologna) that has one of the largest Ancient Egyptian archaeological exhibits in all of Italy. That was pretty interesting and something completely different. Ravenna also has some amazing mosaic works in churches throughout the city - especially at San Vitale.

To leave you all will the completely random moment of the day, a picture of me and a (we think) thrift shop in Bologna, Italy:


Don't you just love random things like that??