Venice: Day 2

9:47 PM on the night train to Salzburg

Funniest thing, I'm sitting next to a priest in our little 6 person cabin. It feels like hogwarts express and I half-expect someone with a cart to sell me a chocolate frog. And 2 girls from Manchester.

The day's mission was to buy real Venetian masks and a Murano glass piece. Met up with Tessie, Huber and Pete at Realto bridge. It's neat, it's a bridge that has shops and stalls on it and the shops and stalls extend throughout the street. It's not a converted old bridge, it was always this way. Saw the most amazing Murano light fixture...€1000. :| At least they'll ship it to you and would be insured.

We took a gondola ride. Chelsea and I never thought we'd get to ride one because it would be too expensive to split it between us (we didn't think people were gonna come with us to Venice). It was AWESOME!!!!! I don't care that it's touristy and kitschy, it was fun! I was holding on for dear life on the part where we were on the grand canal because the boat was tilting side to side (grand canal is the main thoroughfare for boat transport). The gondolier sang to us! Hahahahaha! We got to go under bridge of sighs (yea!) and the gondolier said that Venice is not sinking, but the water level is rising (still sinking). THEN, it rained. The rain made it funner! The gondolier sang 2 lines from "Singing in the Rain." The rain reminded me of punting in Cambridge when it started to rain haha
I don't care, it was still fun. Summer rain is fun in Europe because it's refreshing.

Chelsea and I successfully completed our mission after about 15 mask stores. We found reasonably priced masks that are hand made in Venice. And they are amazing and beautiful! We also bought Murano glass rings and I got a Burano lace fan.

I enjoyed Venice lots.

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