Here is One that has Not Sold His Soul to the Tourist. .

(I apologize for the delay in posting this, I will hopefully blog about Spring Break in the next couple of days as well.)

Venice. . .

A Private boat met us at the train station to take us to the Lido. (That is one of the neighboring islands.) Aj, Ian, and I were at a different hotel than the rest of the group. I laughed a little because some of them (who will remain nameless) were bragging about how nice their hotel was. We were going to meet them at their hotel, and we find out that there was no heat or hot water. I guess you win some and lose some. Both hotels were actually quite nice. We had a room that had two balconies, and overlooked one of the canals. The best part was that we had a normal size shower. (The showers at St Chiara are adequate, but not much more than 30 inches square.)

The weather in Venice was pretty nasty for the first two days, it snowed about 2 or 3 inches. Riding the vaporetto (water taxi) was interesting because of the weather the water was really choppy. I had fun, but a few people got a little sea sick.

We went into a lot of museums and churches because the weather was so bad. Most of the buildings had a rack or an area for you to put your umbrella. At the Stampalia Museum (by Carlo Scarpa) I left my umbrella by the door. Upon my return it was gone. . .  I was pissed.  I loved that umbrella. I got it for like $7, but it was really nice and sturdy. Gone. So somebody told me to just grab another one thinking that they had grabbed mine on accident. Sorry mom I may have took them up on their advice.  I am currently borrowing a wobbly umbrella, and waiting for the opportunity to trade it for my own trusty black one.

Is it sad that one of my favorite parts of Venice was eating at a Chinese Restaurant?

The Last day we were there the weather turned out to be really nice. Here are a few of my experiences in no particular order. . .