Friday morning we all boarded a bus for Venice. Once we got there we had to take a ferry to the downtown area. Venice is beautiful. The public transportation consists of boats that take people to each miniature port. It is extremely fascinating and beautiful. I am still confused as to why or how they built a city on the water, but it was definitely an incredible place to visit. We settled into our hotel in Lido, which is famous for their beaches, and dropped our things off there. When we reached Piazza San Marco my jaw dropped at its beauty. I spent the rest of the day touring around by myself. Here are the pictures:
Saturday afternoon we boarded a train for Verona. In my opinion, there was not much to do in Verona besides shop (which for a student with a budget is not that appealing) and to visit Juliet's House. I wrote her a letter and stood on the balcony and said, "Romeo, Romeo, where for art thou Romeo!" We spent some time sitting a beautiful piazza nearby.
Saturday night we took a train to Milan and arrived quite late. We settled into our hotel there and took it easy that night. The next day held a lot of walking around and heat, so I am glad we did not go out and do anything too strenuous. Sunday morning I went off on my own again and toured around Milan. There are a lot of places to shop, as it is the fashion capitol of the world. However, I did not spend any time doing that. I went to beautiful villa with a park in its backyard, I visited the Duomo and climbed the steps to view the Milan landscape, and I visited a MODERN art museum. The modern art was a much needed change from all the classic and renaissance art, here in Italy. I met up with part of the group and we all headed back to Siena by bus.
I picked up a minor cold somewhere during all the travelling, but it is clearing up now. So I hope to be 100% by the weekend.
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