Day 11:
I was up and out the door of the hostel in Gryon by 8:47am this morning to grab a train to Venice, Italy. I am not sure how I motivated myself to actually leave, seeing how I was up till 4:30 am last night drinking and hanging out with all the new people that had showed up for the weekend. (Proof is in my last post, which I wrote sometime in the middle of my drunkenness). Anyways after spending most of the day on a train I arrived in Venice around 4 pm and set out to look for a hostel. Unfortunately Venice does not have a plethora of budget choices and of my two choices I had one Hostel that was full or a Nunnery (where nuns live) so I moved to option #3 a cheap budget hotel room (35 Euro/night). It is kind of a bummer not only being expensive but also after constantly having people around for the last 11 days I am suddenly alone. I am not sure how I motivated myself to actually leave, seeing how I was up till 4:30 am last night drinking and hanging out with all the new people that had showed up for the weekend. (Proof is in my last post, which I wrote sometime in the middle of my drunkenness). Anyways after spending most of the day on a train I arrived in Venice around 4 pm and set out to look for a hostel. Unfortunately Venice does not have a plethora of budget choices and of my two choices I had one Hostel that was full or a Nunnery (where nuns live) so I moved to option #3 a cheap budget (35 Euro/night). It is kind of a bummer not only being expensive but also after constantly having people around for the last 11 days I am suddenly alone.
Once I got settled in my room I ran out to get some pictures right before the sun went down. Spent about an hour wandering the train station area then after sunset I went back for a shower and a change of cloths. I spent the next three hours getting lost in Venice and eating mushroom calzones. Now people, when I say lost, I mean it, half the streets are 3 feet wide and dead ends. If you want to cross town you have to constantly backtrack and every single tourist has a map and looks completely lost, so I didn’t feel too bad, but at times it did play on my nerves when I was walking a narrow, deserted, dimly lit alley for a hundred yards at a time.
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So does it stink there? I was just wondering. PS I have full intention of decorating my home in your work… please keep in mind: I like vivid colors and contrast. Carry on.
did you find the locals wine store yet? look for them great wines and cheap…don’t forget your water bottle.
Hey Rob,
Buy a big loaf of bread and leave a trail of breadcrumbs just in case. Imagine how much fun it will be when you are in a druken stupor and attempting to navigate those 3 foot wide streets, hitting a blind alley, while being half blind, and and trying to find some place to sleep. What a new experience and one to remember, that is if you wake up and can remember. But you are so resourceful, I know you will make it work when 3/4 of us would wind up in an insane asylum or worse. When we were in Gryon, we talked with a couple who also had traveled Venice and they told us how lost they got and other tourists as well. Your pictures are so incredible, I want to get some of those for our walls, seeing as we are decorating the living room in the Tuscan theme. By the way, are you thinking of going through Tuscany?
Hello Robbie!
I can see you found your way to Venice! Finding your way in Venice is so much harder..I had to depend on your sister when we where there. She is a pathfinder!
Isn`t it beautiful?
So when are you coming to Norway? Since you are in the neighborhood anyways? Are you going to Scandinavia at all?
You should go to Copenhagen. Are gou going to eastern Europe? Because Croatia is gorgeous! I was there this summer and it took me by surprise.
Have a nice trip! And you know what happened to Hans and Grete in the fairytale? Breadcrums is not a good idea! Try pennies insted! :o)
Katrine
Enjoy Italy Keed…Ali and I spent our honeymoon there…she told me “I’m a hot lady Evans, never leave me”…I should have listened, so if you meet the right girl, my advice, go for it…and your sister’s right – “Don’t Forget your Water Bottle.”
beautiful pics Rob you are a great photographer! Venice looks so beautiful.