Venice (by Amber) - Blogabond

Well we have arrived in Venice or Venezia and it truly is beautiful. It is such an odd concept to see so many buildings so close to the water and I can't help but to think what happens if the water level rises even slightly. I did read In The book that flooding is a common occurance. As we walked around we thought of tony(my step dad) and how much he would truly love it here as having a boat seems to be more beneficial than a car. Our hotel is located on one of the islands just outside of venice called lido and to get back and forth there is basically a boat bus which has about 30 stops within and surrounding Venice.

When we got here we Found our way to our hotel and then quickly walked across the island to the beach before it got to cool and then we got some dinner and opened our delicious bottle of wine from the wine tour in Vienna.

When I woke up this morning I had what I thought were a few mosquito bites on my face and wished we wouldn't have left the window open; but as the day progressed Trevor told me I had about 10 marks on my face now and they were spreading to my arms. I am not sure what these hives are caused from but they have quickly spread across my arms and back and are incredibly itchy. The worst part of it though is that I don't know what caused it and therefore can't help prevent it from getting worse. Oh what fun!

Anyway we had a beautiful day today just meandering through the city, which we nearly walked across. We inquired about a gondola ride but at 80€ for a "long ride" we decided to pass. I am a little disappointed to co e to Venice and not experience this but I will get over it.

Afternour long walk through the city I wanted a nap so we decided to head to this large park which like many "parks" in Europe was not really what we would consider a park. What we found was various pavilions from different countries with art displays which we decided might be interesting and coughed up some money. To highligh the Canadian pavillion was less than exciting and featured three large screens depicting different scenes. The first a couple skating in a busy city outdoor rink, the second a slow moving panning camera from a highrise building, and the third two pigeons sitting on a steaming sewer drain while a man folds sleeping bags on the street. The most interesting pavillion by far was Russia with a haunted house, a hundred or so hanging glass balls with tiny pictures in them,2 angel sculptures one with crude oil flowing through it the other with human blood, and more that are too difficult to explain.

After our art tour I was still in need of a nap so we headed for our hotel to drop our stuff and then back to the beach on our way back we grabbed a massive pizza and ate in our room.

All in all a beautiful day aside from my face which is swollen with hives and really itchy.

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Trevor and Amber on June 8, 2009 from Venice, Italy

from the travel blog: Europe Trip

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