Venezia

When we left Florence, two girls told us about a hostel that was Plus Camping in Venice and it was cheap and great, so why not. We got off the train in Venice and ended up wandering around a bit before figuring out that we got off 2 stops too late, so an hour later, we got back on the train and took a bus to the hostel. By the time we got there, it was too late to head into the city, so we took it easy, ate some dinner and hung out. The hostel was more of a camp ground with trailers, tents, a pool, small supermarket, and restaurant. It was fun to be camping again - even though Ally and I just shared a small trailer. But it reminded us of many summers spent camping in southern California! Good times :) We love camping, but camping isnt really how we wanted to experience Europe. Nonetheless, we were camping about 30 min outside of Venice.

We went to bed with the expectations of sleeping in and then heading into the city. We should have checked the bus schedule before we missed the noon bus. We had to wait until 3pm to catch the next one. We hung out for a while longer then finally got into Venice around 4:30 - long story, but we made it.

We walked around for a while and it was amazing. There was so many little shops everywhere, filled with glass things and masks.

We had tons of fun walking into all the shops and walking around a city surrounded by water everywhere!

Eventually, we made it to the Ponte Rialto, San Marcos square, and the rest of the city.

After plenty of walking and taking pictures, we sat down for our last Italian dinner :( very bitter sweet. Then we walked around more, bought some souvenirs and our last Italian gelato before catching the last bus back to the camp grounds.

Venice was a beautiful city! We didnt get a chance to take a Gondola ride, maybe next time, but we still had fun!

We were sad to leave Italy, but so excited to get to Germany and see some friends from camp!

Hope all is well at home :)

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