After arriving at the hotel on Sunday afternoon, we all freshened up a little, and then headed into Venice for a few hours. I wanted to stay behind and freshen up.. while the rest of the group went ahead and took a bus over into the city. This was the only hotel where I was able to use a REAL hair dryer so I wanted to fully take advantage of that!! Thomas and I attempted to meet up with them later in the night for dinner, but seeing as all of the cobble stoned streets and bridges look the same, we were never able to meet. We walked around for a few and had dinner at a local restaurant before taking the shuttle back to our hotel.
I think the most interesting part of our dinner was being serenaded by Mariah Carey :) It was this little hole in the wall Italian restaurant.. and they were playing Mariah Carey... Naturally :)
We got back to the hotel and met up with everyone else for a drink in the lobby and then we headed to bed.
The next day, Thomas and I had a very interesting adventure planned. We checked out of our hotel and took the shuttle over to Venice, where we would be staying with a couple that had rented a room in their apartment. It was a tiny place, but it was a very interesting and cool experience. We spent most of the day sight seeing and then came back that night to hang out with the couple. She speaks a moderate amount of English.. while he spoke none at all and was actually Cuban. She cooked us a homemade Cabonara and we sat in her tiny kitchen drinking wine and eating a homemade Italian dish.
The interesting part about the wine is that there is a local shop just below their apartment where you can buy the wine by the liter. So you basically take a large container, choose the wine you want, and then fill it up and take it home. It looks like so- and only cost 2-3 euro.
Thomas with Candella, their sweet puppy that they adopted
The tiny Kitchen where she cooked us dinner
Candella's preferred spot (sorry- forgot to turn off the flash)
Our Pizza lunch from earlier in the day
Thomas being silly at the Guggenheim!
We found this couple through a website called AirBNB. If you haven't heard of it, check it out. People rent out rooms or houses all of the world and sometimes it can be much less expensive than your traditional hotel. We probably could not of afforded to stay in the heart of Venice if we would of stayed elsewhere.
The next morning, Marti woke up and cooked us a very nice breakfast before we left to catch our shuttle back to the airport. It was a very rainy day so we were pretty spent by the time we walked to the shuttle and made it to the airport.
Our travels went very smoothly.. and we even scored a first class upgrade on the second leg of our flight from JFK to ATL. It was incredibly nice. The seats fully reclined and the dinner was delicious. It makes coach look like a joke! But it's extremely expensive to fly first class.. not worth the cost if you ask me. We just hope for an upgrade every now and then :)
We are back home and getting settled back into our day to day activities. I've been doing laundry for 24 hours straight and am slowly trying to get back on East Coast time.
Hope everyone has a good week and weekend! And if you've actually made it through all 3 post, then Kudos to you! :)
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