“We’ll always
have Venice” Wait…you mean to tell me that’s not the quote? Oh, it’s, “We’ll
always have Paris”? Well, Paris is pretty cool too I guess, but have you ever
been to Venice?!
When I was
studying abroad in Italy for a month two summers ago I was lucky enough to
spend my first weekend on a whirlwind trip to Venice with some girls in my
group! I was pretty hesitant at first about going because this was my first
time traveling abroad with only people my age…and now I was going to leave the
city into which I had just landed for another city a four hour train ride away.
However hesitant I was at the time I am so glad I went through with the trip.
I remember
falling asleep on the train to Venice, trying so hard to keep my eyes open and
failing miserably. Yet, the second I caught my first glance of Venice as we
arrived in the station along the water I was immediately awake and alert for
the day! Venice is truly the city of water and bridges.
The first thing
we did was buy a day Vaporetto water bus pass, and it’s a good thing we did
because that was truly the only way we got around. As far as public
transportation goes, and I’m from NYC so I think I know a little something
about public transport, this was pretty good. I mean you’re on a boat with an
amazing view in all directions as you go from one end of the city to the other,
what could be better than that!
As I’m sure I’ve
mentioned before, I love architecture, especially that of older buildings, and
Venice is the perfect place to find this. Everywhere I turned, every building I
looked at was adorned with structural detail I couldn’t take enough pictures. They
just don’t make buildings like that anymore.
Unfortunately the
weekend we were there it was chilly and there was always impending rain, so all
my pictures have a cloudy overtone, but I wouldn’t have changed it.
One of my
favorite memories is of walking down a street filled with shops and really
feeling like I was in a small town. There were hand crafted chocolate and
pastry shops, trinket shops, and of course, ones filled with Venetian masks. I
even had my first real Italian gelato in Venice :)
Although I only
spent a whirlwind two days in Venice we covered A LOT!
Here were my favorite
highlights from the trip:
Saint Mark’s
Basilica
Piazza San Marco
The Grand Canal
Bridge of Sighs (a
must see!)
Rialto Bridge
Ca’ d’Oro
Have any of you
been to Venice before or want to go? What was your favorite part? Comment and let
me know!
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~ Monique ~
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