Prego!

I love Venice!

We left Munich last night around 9pm on the train. We were in a compartment with 6 seats (all of which sat pretty much straight up, which was slightly dissapointing at first) but then we realized no one else was in our compartment so we each had 3 seats to lay across. Not bad at all for the cheapest area of the train...until around 1am when two larger ladies barged in and decided to share our compartment. When they started talking to us we were a little groggy (and confused as to where they had come from and why they were taking over our beds) and couldnt really understand them. Matt asked "What language do you speak?" to which the larger lady shot him a dirty look and said "English." Woops. "Oh ya, I mean of course, Your english is great."
Things started a little rough with them, and didnt get too much better, but 4 hours later they finally got off the train in Verona and we were each able to get about 2 hours sleep...

So needless to say the first thing we did after arriving in Venice was take a nap! Our accommodations here are great - We are staying in a place down a tiny ally, not far from the taxiboat stop, owned by Luca - an extremely friendly landlord who happily showed us a map of the city while wearing his pajamas (we woke him up upon our arrival.)

Today we wandered around Venice, got lost in alleyways, saw the incredible St. Marks basilica, and went to the top of a church bell tower where I could see across the entire island. We later ate pizza and gnocci at a restaurant on the main river. This place is so unique and beautiful! Looking forward to taking a boat to Murano tomorrow to see all the glasswork. Ciao!