Me so Hungary: Nov. 1st, Venice

On November 1st we went to Venice and as soon as we exited the train station (we got a train from Milan, which is where we flew into) we were greeted with a beautiful view of the Grand Canal and various ornate buildings. While in Venice we walked around the various small streets and tried to navigate the labyrinth that is Venice. I swear the city was designed by a 5 year old who drew a bunch of squiggly lines with a crayon. As nice and romantic Venice is it's actually kind of a dump. Many of the buildings are in need of some new paint and are crumbling. Plus its frustrating to get anywhere on foot because you are likely to run into a dead end or a canal.

Anyway, only having a day there my roommate and I headed to ST Mark's square where most of the attractions are. At the square we visited St. Mark's Basilica which is beautiful because the whole ceiling is covered in mosaics. The plaza also has the Palace of the ruler of Venice, a great view of the other islands around Venice, and various other museums and attractions. After that we took a water bus up the Grand Canal which is pretty. It's interesting to see how the architecture differs when you have to build it around a bunch of little canals. We would have taken a gondola but they're freakin expensive! That's what we did there in a nutshell. Now look at the pics!

The first thing I saw coming out of the train station.

Oooh a small canal.

Oooh me floating above a small canal, or sitting on a bridge believe what you want.

The Santa Maria church on the Grand Canal. I think. They have a church every other block in this city.

In February there is a 1 or 2 week long carnival to celebrate the end of winter. Everyone wears masks, including me! I don't even care if it is November. This shop is where masks were purchased for the movie Eyes Wide Shut.