Venice - The Sinking City (Others called it the City of Love)

Arrived in Venice! FINALLY! I had to make two changes. Do you know how difficult it is trying to lug all your luggage around with you and carrying it up and down stairs? It's like 50 pounds! PLUS I got my backpack and another bag! My arms are definitely getting their workout! I got a 48 hour Vaporetti pass which lets me ride unlimited Vaporetti's! (They're like buses that run on water!) How cool! :) I rode the vaporetti's so much that even after I had left Venice, I still had that feeling of swaying back and forth! Hahaha

Water water everywhere! 

A few things that you'll see alot in Venice: 1. Bridges. 2. Water. 3. Boats. 4. People

Full moon that night! ;)

Sun was already setting as I was trying to get to my hostel.

The next morning! It gets super cold in Venice in the mornings!! Brrrr!!

Meoowwwr

My hostel was on the Guidecca Island. There's no bridge that connects it was the main Island so getting that Vaporetti pass saved my life a bit. 

<3

Now entering St. Mark's Square. Probably the busiest place in all of Venice because of all the tourists. Oh look! An Asian tour group! Those are VERY common all throughout Italy.

So many exhibitions going on in Venice! TAIWAN!!!!!!!!!

The Bridge of Sighs. A famous enclosed bridge. Supposedly, a condemned man would be led over this bridge on his way to prison, take one last look at the glory of Venice, and sigh. 

Gondola rides are a whopping 80 euros! DAMN! So poor me didn't get one. :(

St. Mark's Basilica. It was like 9:00am and there was already a long line waiting to get in. It doesn't open till 9:45am

The clock tower marks the entry to the main shopping area, called the Mercerie, which connects St. Mark's Square with the Rialto. 

St. Mark's square early in the morning when there's not much people yet. Locals are just now setting up their stands that sell souvenirs. Must get crazy throughout the day. 

The Campanile - the bell tower of St. Mark's Basilica. 

La Salute Church. Like Venice itself, this church rests upon pilings. To build this city, more than a million trees were piled together, reaching beneath the mud to the solid clay. 

It's like completely covered! :)

Riding the vaporetti!

The Rialto Bridge!

It's actually cheaper to ride the gondola's in the daytime than the nighttime!

DROOOOOOL~!

Visited Murano - another small little island near Venice. The Glass-making island.

Got to see glass in the making! It's a long and hot process.

Churches everywhere... they're beginning to look the same

My lunch for the day. Chicken with potatoes and zucchini. 

I really like the buildings in Venice! The Ca' d'Oro (House of Gold) is a good example of Venetian Gothic architecture. 

Mercato Rialto - the Rialto Market! 

That was a HUMONGOUS pizza!

sunset!

Nightime in Venice!