Day 104

I woke up this morning around 9, fooled around on the internet, then showered. Jen and I were out of here by 11am. We asked the woman at the front desk how to get into Venice (since we are on the mainland). We go to the tobacco shop to buy our bus tickets and hop on bus 6/. We made it to Venice very easily. First stop, food. We had pizza for breakfast! And we each got a drink so we would have a waterbottle for the duration of our stay in Italy. Then, we decided to wonder aimlessly through the streets of Venice and not have our noses in maps. On our way, we stop for gelato. Eventually, we had gotten to this huge waterway and a few beautiful buildings across from it, so we decided to try and find where we were. A bit confused by the map, we turned to a woman and asked her to point out our location. It turned out, we were on the other side of Venice and very close to one of the main sightseeing attractions. We went to the first attraction, a huge, beautiful church, St. Maria Salute. Jen sat on the steps, while I went in and took pictures. We sat there for a bit, putting on sunscreen because the weather had lied to us and it was a beautiful day. After relaxing a bit, we aimed for the next attraction, the most gorgeous one at that. We get slushies along the way. We arrived at the Piazza Marco, an amazing architectured church building. We go all the way around to take lots of pictures, then sit on stairs off a canal, near a bunch of parked gondolas. We decide to head back towards the third and final attraction, the P. de Rialto. On the way, we stop at a shop and buy some beautiful things, I got a necklace and magnet and Jen got earrings. We continue on and get to it, a giant bridge with lots of shops on it. We take a few pictures, then continue on. Later on, we find a souvenir for Jen’s dad. Through a very long and confusing winding of pathways, we finally make it back to the busstop and get on our bus. Back near our hotel, we first go to the train station to buy tickets to Verona tomorrow. We get back to the hotel and drink lots of water while uploading our pictures. We lose internet a few times, but one time when we lose it, something messes up on my computer and it refuses to reconnect, with only half of my pictures uploading… I spend a good hour trying to fix it and Jen searches ways on her ipad to help me out, but nothing worked. I am so so pissed and frustrated and upset. We give up to get dinner before dark. We start walking towards where a map says there are restaurants, but all we find are bars and, at the end, a pub that serves sandwiches. We settle for here, so no, I didn’t get my pasta. We order from the menu, unable to read anything, chancing our meals. We each get a hot chocolate and a Panini. Mine turned out to be cheese, lettuce, and tomato (I even ate it with the tomato on it). Jen’s had chicken, cheese, lettuce, and mushrooms. After eating and paying, we try to go another direction, looking for any store with a bit of food and a cashpoint; no luck, anywhere. We are in the middle of gas stations, hotels, and highways. Dissapointed, we head back to the hotel. I fool around on my computer some more, trying to connect, but no luck, so Jen let’s me use her iPad to skype Matt while she takes a shower. Seeing my boy made my day a bit better. After skype, Jen and I struggle trying to shut an electronic shade the maid opened, but it’s stuck. After 10 minutes we give up and I just get pissed again because it’s going to be so hard to sleep; I need pitchblack. I use my ipod to get on facebook and message my Mama and Jen starts playing Sleeping Beauty on Youtube. We got distracted looking for ANTM and end up listening to music and reading tumblrs. I am still not a happy camper.