On our second day in Venice, we decided to go to Murano to see the famous glass blowing. Mom and Dad sell Murano glass products so they were excited to see it first hand as well! We took the water taxi past the main sights and got to the factory. The area was very serene and quiet. Seeing the men make their products...
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We got into Venice fairly late. We were going to take the water taxi to the hotel but a very friendly police officer advised us to save our money and to walk instead. Along the way we found a nice place to get some pizza and falafel. The cook was from Bombay and even spoke Hindi - who would've thought? While we were...
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...or Florence. It is a quaint little town (city?) - very small, very intimate. Like I alluded to in my previous post, there are tons of kids studying abroad here. I don't know how I'd feel about studying in Florence - it may be too small. Then again, almost anywhere could be considered too small compared to London... We had two tours booked...
Our last day in Rome and it was raining. It was kind of a damper but we were lucky that the market we wanted to visit was still open - Campo de' Fiori. It was very cute with fresh fruits, vegetables and fancy pastas, spices and other Italian staples. Mom and Dad bought this cool knife thing that cuts things quite fancy-ly so...
Today was Vatican Day! Being the last Sunday of the month, St. Peter's and the Vatican Museum were open and free. But free means crowded; so we got there super early and waited in line for the Museum first. I was nervous because when we were in Rome last October, this is where I got lost and seperated from the group. I was...
6 AM kinda actually happened. We ate breakfast at the hotel - it was light and excellent. They had delicious bread, coffee and cereal. Then we embarked on our way to the Colosseum. Interestingly, that is not its real name. While Colosseum actually means roughly "big building," the landmark's actual name is Flavian Ampitheater, named after the Flavian dynasty that made it in...
Now I'm thinking maybe I will designate this blog to talk about my travels... Mom says she would like to take two trips a year, so hopefully there will be lots to post on here; if not, I'll find something else to talk about ;) Today we packed all day and headed out in the evening to cross the pond. I was not...
