Day 107

I woke up around 8am ish, but laid in bed for another hour before my alarm went off. When it did, Jen and I took turns  taking showers, getting dressed and packing up. We were out of our room at 10:26 for our 10:30 check out. The hotel was nice enough to let us leave our big bags and we rode the bus into Venice. We wandered back towards the market on the bridge. On our way, we stopped for gelato for our breakfast; this time I tried caramel cream and cookies, but yesterday's cream is still my favourite flavour so far. We finally got to the market of souvenir stores and finished our souvenir shopping. After shopping we walked around a part of Venice we had yet to see, stopping at all the stores along the way, just looking since we had so much time to kill. Eventually, we sat down for lunch at a cute little Italian place. I had traditional spaghetti al pomodoro. It was delicious. After eating, we continued wandering around window shopping. It started to get really hot, so eventually we stopped to get slushies. Eventually, we sat in the park for 20 minutes or so before deciding to catch the bus back to the hotel. We grabbed our stuff and waited for the bus to the airport. The busride was about 40 minutes and we were still at the airport early, around 5pm. Since we had checked in online, we headed straight for security and made it through easily. We had 3 hours to kill, so we played some "name that song" games then bought some dinner. I had a ham and cheese sandwich and the most delicious cookie type thing filled with nutella. After eating, we went to are gait. On our way we finally got our Italy stamps in our passport. We hung out by our gate for close to an hour before getting on a bus and heading to the plane. I ended up being the first person to get on the plane, and the song Call Me Maybe was playing, so I danced down the aisle to our seats in the back. We were next to each other for this 3 hour flight. The woman on the other side of me had moved to a different seat so she could sit next to her husband, so I laid down across all three seats, including Jen's lap. For a bit, we hit turbulence and I had to sit up and tighten my seat belt. Our plane landed early in Newcastle, then it was time to go through customs. We got to the desk and they told us we needed to fill out landing cards, so we had to go back towards a Jet2 guy to ask for it. After filling it out and being the last people in line, it was our turn. Jen got through easily. I showed the guy my landing card, passport, and student ID. He asked me a million questions and wanted proof of my studying there. So I pulled out the paperwork that got me through the first time. He kept asking me when I got here, when I was leaving, how long I was here for, finally I asked him if he'd like to see my flight information for when I leave in 12 days. He looked it over forever... He was looking for the date, because my word wasn't good enough. The idiot couldn't find it at the top of the information, so I pointed it out. I finally made it through and met up with Jen. We caught a taxi back to Castle Leazes and got our room keys. First thing, we knocked on Kate's door where she was with Jen and Liz. We gave them their presents, which they loved. Jen and I set our stuff in our rooms and we all met back up in Jen's room. We heard some stories, then it hit 11pm, time to skype my boy. He was adorable, as always, and he approved of all my gifts for everyone. I then started taking care of my stuff from emptying my bag. I watched an episode of Say Yes to the Dress, then fell asleep.