VENICE
Venice was a bit surreal, there are almost no cars around, just footpaths and boats/ferries/gondolas. Our hotel was in the heart of the tourist area, so as soon as we stepped onto the street and walked past a restaurant we got called out to with promises of delicious Venetian food, which we got sucked into, of course. The first night we spent 17 euros on a really average dinner, so we now go to the supermarket and get corn crackers and toppings, which ends up being 4 euros a meal and you cant say that isn't good value! (Nor could we deny we are being very cheap). We went to the Guggenheim museum and put a wish on the Yoko Ono wishing tree which was a bit random. I wished for cowboy boots. We managed to walk around the whole island of Venice on the first day, its not that big but I've included a map of our walk because we thought it was impressive. Plus it was 40 degrees that day. On a side note, Gondola rides are very expensive...
ROME
Venice to Rome was our first time on the Busabout bus, which we had to be on nice and early at 8am. We thought we'd be in Rome by 11am. Wrong. We got there at 6pm! Although because we had plenty of breaks and movies were shown it went pretty fast. Couldn't find my student card so was going to have to pay 60 euros to get on the bus. Found my student card. Did not have to pay the 60 euros. As it was my second time to Rome I'd seen most of the sights already, so the others did that while I wandered about, did some washing, shopping and eating of gelato. We did do a night time tour, where we had a guide walk us to several piazzas, the Spanish Steps, the Trevi Fountain and some other beautiful areas of the city. The guide was young and American and a comedian in his spare time (he's the man with the beer in the photos). He was quite funny though, and we learnt a lot about the different areas of Rome and some Roman history so I really enjoyed it! A man proposed to his girlfriend while we were at the Trevi, she said yes so everyone clapped and whistled and took photos of them! I have attached one, which is creepy I know but it was very sweet. The tour guide cut us down though when he said it happens about 20 times a day. We visited the Pantheon, which I saw already but I loved it and it doesn't cost anything so I was more than happy to hang out there for a while.
In case your interested, it's really hot here. 40 degrees during the day, and 30 at night. Bit of a killer, and a sweaty upper lip doesn't photograph well.
Next to Siena then Florence, then the south of France! Bonjour wine.
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