Spring break... I had a great time last week in Italy! I travelled with 8 girls from UNH and we stopped in Venice, Rome and Florence. We were lucky enough to have amazing weather- it was cloudless everyday and I got a sunburn (even though I put on sun screen, Mom). I kept track of what I did every day (and how much I spent- right on budget), so enjoy:
Friday, March 9 - Day 1
We woke up early and headed to the airport for the mid-day flight. Getting to the airport was no problem- getting through security was another story. I decided to carry on my backpack (which just barely fit into the carry on measurer) and they stopped it half way out of the x-ray machine while three guys stared at the screen. After a few minutes of trying to figure out what kind of dangerous weapon I was apparently trying to smuggle out of England, they asked me if they could search my bag. I said "absolutely not!" and put up a real fight before getting arrested! Just kidding (though that would have been exciting) of course I said yes, and obviously they found nothing in there. I think they were confused by my mini umbrella (which I didn't need to use after all). I eventually got onto the plane and then we were off! The flight was about 1.5 hours and we flew over the Alps, which were amazing.
We didn't catch the bus from the airport to the city center right away, so we waited out in the warm Italian air for about half an hour then napped for about 45 minutes on the bus until we crossed this long bridge and were officially in Venice! We grabbed our backpacks and hopped on a water taxi, then made our way to the hotel. It was in this little alley, right off a square with a giant bell tower. There was a slight problem checking in since another girl and I added ourselves to the group after the initial planning took place (I'm such a trouble maker), but it all worked out with much grumbling from the woman working at the desk. We were split up into 2 groups, and I ended up in a nice room that was not in the main building. We had to walk down to the next street to get to our room, and then we had to go up 2 flights of stairs and use 3 keys to get into it!
the view
We had a nice dinner at literally the first restaurant we saw- I got a plate-sized pizza and ate the whole thing! (I was hungry!) After dinner, we wandered around the streets of Venice, taking pictures and window shopping before calling it a night.
Venice
from the water taxi and at night
