Visit in Venice

To Venice, Italy -- Sans bikes -- Day 1

Hi, this is Kylie. Yesterday, our friend (Dex and I refer to her as Aunt Jody), suggested a point of view from the kids. I knew someone would ask that at some point, but I didn't want to suggest it. 

We got up at 7:30 to eat breakfast and catch our train. We had some difficulty finding the station leaving us a couple minutes late -- if the train were on time. Luckily, the train was late, and, instead, we boarded safely. 

It turned out Dad and I were in car three and Mom and Dex in car eight. I entertained myself with a page of math and some reading, so I could play on the phone for the next train. 

We got off in Bologna (Dad tried to teach me a Bologna song). The next train had a 50 minute delay, but when we got on, everybody sat in the same row and we enjoyed the next two hours to Venice. When we got there, we walked to a small dock where we boarded a water bus,which took us to our hotel.

After we got ourselves situated, we met up with Dad’s work buddy, Gary. He has a wife, Terri, and two kids, Kyle and Claire. There were hugs for everyone, and we were off towards San Marco’s Square. 

On the way, we heard some loud, dramatic music and saw a crowd of people. Claire, Dex, and I went in to find six people with bored expressions, walking in a circle, and folding a piece of cloth. We bailed watching them after a minute or two and left for a gondola ride. 

We wanted to fit eight people in one gondola, but apparently it was against the rules. We split into kids and adults. The gondola ride was a lot of fun. Claire told us about her old fashioned camera where the picture comes out and you wave it around in the air. We went under the Bridge of Sighs, and apparently it’s good luck to kiss underneath (but no one in the kids' boat kissed). 

We then had dinner at a small pasta place. I had zucchini and shrimp pasta.  Afterwards we all went out for a triple scoop of gelato. 

Later, we went back to the big square. Kyle used his phone to lead us around. Because of the high tide, there were huge puddles across the square. Claire, Dex, and I played a fun and intense game of tag with lots of jumping to avoid water and people.  It was a really great day!