After checking out the next morning Natasha, Maria, Johanna and I returned to the center to check out Rialto Market. The fruit was so expensive that we ended up buying food at the grocery store instead, but we enjoyed walking by restaurants and shops and getting a final glimpse of this bizarre but beautiful city.
I miss Venice already, and most of all, the friends I made there. Best of luck to the everyone in the gondola/pizza/risotto/lasagna squads with the rest of your travels. Johanna and I are off to Vienna now!
Getting to Venice was a struggle that paid off. The train ride was short and comfortable, but the canal bus was a different story. When we finally arrived at Generator Hostel, we couldn't help but keel over in the chairs for a little while, just relishing in the joy of air conditioning. When we finally ventured up to our 10-person room we were pleasantly surprised to find AC there, too. Soon, we met our roommate Megan from Canada, who was finishing up a two-week Europe trip and had just come from Rome. Our new crowd of three took the vaporetto to San Marco's Square and enjoyed some quality pizza at Al Vecio Canton, a charming pizzeria and trattoria on the corner of a quaint and narrow alleyway. Then we ventured through a series of enchanting though confusing walkways and finally into San Marco's Square. On our way back to Generator, we saw the Bridge of Sighs and enjoyed a stunning sunset. Back at the hostel we met Tyler from the U.S., Maria from Germany, and Natasha from Denmark. The next day our group of six shared a gondola ride through the picturesque canals of Venice. We took a liberal amount of photos, but mostly we enjoyed waving to other tourists, soaking up the shade, and conversing about feminism. You would have to have been there! As a Californian would say, there were good vibes everywhere. We beat the midday heat by taking our time in the common room of the hostel. After a few lazy hours, Maria, Natasha, Megan, Johanna and I took the canal bus to Lido Island, where we went to the beach. Even though the beach itself was disappointing -- the water was scary murky and the sand was crazy hot -- we had a fun time with good company (and good gelato). We all met up at Generator with Georgia and Abby, who Johanna and I had met at our hostel in Florence, and their new friend Alex from the U.S. The eight of us went out to dinner at a trattoria on our island and then experienced the city center by night. We walked over small bridges and got lost in narrow alleyways, now clear of their daytime tourist congestion, and we frolicked in the emptiness of San Marco's Square, now free of their usual selfie stick hazards. I had a great night with these girls!
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Joyce
7/24/2015 03:04:06 pm
Does Venice smell like a dog's mouth?
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