I'm sure a lot of Europe is this way, but it is very apparent in Venice. I know my way back to the apartment from 2 places. The train station, and the Billa (grocery store). Today, we hit 5 churches -who all seemed to have their most important art on loan to the university - and 2 museums. One of these museums was a one story apartment of some famous Venetian screen writer. I think. It would have been nice to know the guy before touring his house consisting of three rooms. We got nothing out of it, but at least it was free! The other museum was a nice palace with a lot of statues. Each of the rooms had papers with descriptions of what was in them. In English! We all took turns reading and admired the wall carpet, fancy furniture, and ceiling paintings. After Scarlet finished reading about the hard work and thought put into one of these paintings, Brody leaned over and said "It just looks like a lot of naked women to me." Ditto, little Bro.
On the way to our last church Mom and I were stopped by a fellow tourist who asked about how to get across the canal to the hotel. Seeing as we walk everywhere and have no clue what to do when there isn't a bridge available, we weren't much help. But we did have a map! Today is our last day, so we gave it to the English lady and went to catch up with everyone else. We found Arden and Scarlet looking into someones back yard and messing with their dogs. Dad was a distance away with Brody, but we could still see his bald head above the crowd. We began discussing dog breeds and what dogs we should get when we are back in the US. Before we knew it, Dad and Brody were no where to be found. And we had no map. Not that maps help much seeing as we still go down alleys that lead to this:
We tried to guess which way the church was, but after turning around a few dozen times, we ran into the penitentiary, and decided it was time to find the train station and head home. It took a while, but we finally made it back and watched some Italian infomercials until Dad and Brody came home.
I would still consider today a success! I got a lot of pictures between churches and the weather was perfect!
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| Way to ruin the moment with your phone dude |
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| This is what a Venetian garage looks like. |
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