Venice

January 4^th 2012

Waking up at 3 am to get ready and packed was brutal. But we did it and made it to the airport. the first flight was a little over an hour to Dusseldorf, Germany. We had about a 3 hour layover there. We slept on benches like bums then had breakfast in a café. We got on our flight to Venice with no problems. We watched “in 30 minutes or less” on the plane then landed and began trying to find our hotel. We had to stop and ask someone. With directions, we found it and checked in. from the check in desk  the lady working there took us down 3 or 4 streets to where our room was. It was very nice. Definitely our nicest accommodation of the trip. We got settled and then headed out to explore Venice. We walked around and did some shopping and went to see st. marks. We found an awesome place for dinner and shared a tortellini, lasagna, and a seafood pasta then each got our own tiramisu. It was delicious. I also had a glass of cabernet. I did not know I liked that. We got lost going back to the hotel and went to bed early because we were exhausted from waking up at 3 am.

January 5^th 2012

We woke up early with the idea of going to Murano island to see some glass blowing and do some shopping. When we got off the boat (which was only 6 euro round  trip each) there were guys standing there telling us to go left to see a glass blowing exhibition. So we went and saw a guy make a vase and a horse like it was the easiest thing ever. That shop was too expensive so we walked out and walked around to the right side of the boats. It was nicer and cheaper over there. We finished Jeremy’s shopping. He got every woman he knows something murano. He wanted to get someone a wine glass but we could not find one for less than 100 euro. We finally found a nice place that had glasses for around 25 euro. He got 4 and I got two that I loved. We were so excited about these cups. We took them back to the hotel then went to st. marks. We could not go in because they do not allow backpacks. I had somehow pulled a muscle in the arch of my right foot and every step was putting me close to tears. So we went back to the hotel to let me soak my foot in the sink and have a sit. After that we set out to find dinner. After walking around for more than an hour we found a good place. We ordered 3 meals again. They had the best tortalini. Ever. They make it with cram sauce and ham. So good.

January 6^th 2012

We woke up in time for breakfast in the hotel and packed up and checked out at 10. Then we decided to go back to murano because we both wanted more cups. That’s all we went for so we left quickly and went back to Venice and went to the same place to eat lunch that we had gone for dinner the night before. Still delicious. Then we went to get our bags from the hotel and go to the train station to go back to Bologna. We got onto the train and watched “the change up” on Jeremy’s ipad. It was really funny. We got into Bologna around 4 and could not remember which bus to take so we took a cab to the hotel and got settled in. we made some vodka and cokes and then went to some shops to get Jeremy a bag to put all his souvenirs in to take home. We found one and took it to the hotel. Then we went to dinner at a great place. We had tortellini again. After dinner we drank and watched just friends.

January 7^th

We packed up and went to the airport. our flights were just about 20 minutes apart so we waited together. We said goodbye at the gate and I went off to Germany and he went off to Georgia.

It was the best trip I have ever had. I am so sad its over. I am so happy I got to share it all with my brother.