We just arrived in Florence today after 3 nights in Venice. You would think in a town with no roads that traffic wouldn't jam up, but you'd be wrong. Gondola traffic can get totally stalled when about 50 tourists in a group all want rides at the same time through tight canals. Seeing that really did a good job of busting the illusion of the quiet, romantic gondola ride through the city. Made me glad Mel and I just toured the Grand Canal from the comfort of our water bus...with about 120 Euro to spare in our pockets.
We both really enjoyed Venice and besides getting lost a few times early on everything went smoothly (including the flights with Alitalia, no lost bags and no cancellations, plus I'm sure they decrease the oxygen in the cabin because we both fell asleep as soon as we boarded and basically time traveled from Greece to Venice).
I have piles of pictures of the city as we spent the majority of our time just walking around enjoying all the sights Venice has to offer. We even managed to take in a live show depicting the history of the city. The gellato was as good as I was told it would be and believe it or not I think I like the pasta here even better than Chef Boyardee raviloli!
We're off to see the sights of Florence tomorrow and then going for a wine tour to Chianti Wednesday. We're planning to hit Cinqe Terre after that and finally on to Rome then home.
TTYL,
Ryan
Did you find a place that sells really thick slices of pizza or GIANT calzones? Sadly, that place was the highlight of the food in Italy for me. Pass the chef boyardee please.
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