Today Chenoa (my awesome friend from Cape Town, South Africa) and I went to Venice with my host family. We live about three hours away from Venice in car, so we decided to drive! So cool. Venice is absolutely beautiful! We got a tourist 'bus' pass for the day and rode the 'bus' boat around the Grand Canal; saw the famous Ponte di Rialto; got off and wandered down some of the side streets, looking at the beautiful canals full of gondolas; had pizza; visited Piazza San Marco and the Bridge of Sighs, which was the last bit of sky the prisoners saw before entering the underground prison; went for a 30-second gondola ride; and then ended the day with a trip to Murano to see the famous Murano glass workshop! It was an amazing, but exhaustingly hot day! For only having one day in Venice, I'd say we did a good job of seeing the highlights! However, I would go back to Venice in a heartbeat! It's just such a magical city...
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