The next day we drove up to Venice in the morning. We found a place to camp, that had a shuttle into the city. We caught the 12:00 shuttle in and managed to spend the whole afternoon wandering around the ancient city.
It was absolutely gorgeous. The old buildings were amazing, and the canals and bridges made the whole place incredible.
We went to the Leonardo Da Vinci Museum, where we saw all kinds of his inventions and pages of his mirrored handwriting.
Pizza for lunch before we caught a boat down the grand canal to Piazza San Marco. We wandered down small lane ways and crossed over small canals, ate gelati and then after an unsuccessful hunt for a secondhand english bookstore, we headed back to camp.
Venice really was gorgeous, and I would come back in a heartbeat, although maybe with a little but more money!
We went to the Leonardo Da Vinci Museum, where we saw all kinds of his inventions and pages of his mirrored handwriting.
Pizza for lunch before we caught a boat down the grand canal to Piazza San Marco. We wandered down small lane ways and crossed over small canals, ate gelati and then after an unsuccessful hunt for a secondhand english bookstore, we headed back to camp.
Venice really was gorgeous, and I would come back in a heartbeat, although maybe with a little but more money!
Milan was our last stop in Italy. We found a cheap place a little way out of the city and just spent one night.
We caught the tram into the center of the city, and it really is a very nice city.
We spent a bit of time around Piazza Duomo, where there is a church that holds 40,000 people! It’s a lovely square, with a fountain in the middle that is constantly covered with pigeons.
We even caught the metro to the church St. Maria Delle Grazie, which is where Leonardo Di Vinci’s Last Supper painting is. However we were disappointed to learn that to see the painting you have to book 2-3 weeks in advance.
We caught the tram into the center of the city, and it really is a very nice city.
We spent a bit of time around Piazza Duomo, where there is a church that holds 40,000 people! It’s a lovely square, with a fountain in the middle that is constantly covered with pigeons.
We even caught the metro to the church St. Maria Delle Grazie, which is where Leonardo Di Vinci’s Last Supper painting is. However we were disappointed to learn that to see the painting you have to book 2-3 weeks in advance.
Though Milan is a beautiful city, full of gorgeous squares, fountains and statues, walking the streets here is kind of like walking down 5th Avenue in New York. You feel out of place unless you have a Chanel bag in you hand. Thongs or runners don’t quite cut it here.
We had one last Italian gelati and caught the tram back.
The Grand Canal
Piazza San Marco
Duomo
Milan
Piazza Duomo
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