After London, Noel, Zach, Ben and I had made plans to go to Italy. When we first booked the trip we merely booked flights from London into Venice and back to the Castle from Milan. This was early on in the semester and we decided to decide later exactly how we'd spend our time in Italy. Well, many weekends of travel passed, and when it came down to actually booking our Hostels (and trains because my Eurail had expired), we decided ease of travel was the best choice. So we booked two nights in Venice, two nights in Florence and a night in Bergamo (close to the airport) so it wouldn't be stressful catching our flight home.
Venice is really magical. In the same way as Trogir, I could literally point my camera anywhere and get a good picture. We spent all day Wednesday just walking around the city. We went inside the San Marco Basilica, which was one of my favorite churches so far. It was dark and had less ornamentation on the walls and ceilings. It was a neat difference from a lot of the other churches I've seen this trip. Venice is wonderfully small and there's plenty to eat. In the afternoon we found a little shop that sold wine for two Euros per liter so each of us got one. That was a fun night.
On Thursday we did more walking around, saw a monastery and a few more churches and then had to make our train. Because we were travelling during dinner time, we decided to postpone our Thanksgiving celbration until Friday.
We arrived in Florence relatively late and went straight to our hostel. We discovered that our hostel was, in our case, an apartment. That, in and of itself, made Florence. It rained all day Friday ,but since we had our apartment, it was wonderful to just stay in and read. It's amazing what a difference a table can make to a city's experience. That night, as planned, we made a Thanksgiving feast. We bought handmade pasta , homemade sauce and two liters of wine from a little shop near our apartment. We bought bread from the baker and sausage from the butcher. We added some wonderful cheese, an onion, a tomato, some garlic and a little salad and got five hours worth of cooking, eating and drinking. For not being home, I'd say it was a rather successful Thanksgiving.
On Saturday we visited the Duomo, saw Michaelangelo's David and explored the city's original walled fortress (which, upon exiting, we saw was labeled "No Tourists"). With a train to Bergamo and a flight to Weeze, we found ourselves home in time for dinner on Sunday. Cheers to a successful travel break.
Venice is really magical. In the same way as Trogir, I could literally point my camera anywhere and get a good picture. We spent all day Wednesday just walking around the city. We went inside the San Marco Basilica, which was one of my favorite churches so far. It was dark and had less ornamentation on the walls and ceilings. It was a neat difference from a lot of the other churches I've seen this trip. Venice is wonderfully small and there's plenty to eat. In the afternoon we found a little shop that sold wine for two Euros per liter so each of us got one. That was a fun night.
On Thursday we did more walking around, saw a monastery and a few more churches and then had to make our train. Because we were travelling during dinner time, we decided to postpone our Thanksgiving celbration until Friday.
We arrived in Florence relatively late and went straight to our hostel. We discovered that our hostel was, in our case, an apartment. That, in and of itself, made Florence. It rained all day Friday ,but since we had our apartment, it was wonderful to just stay in and read. It's amazing what a difference a table can make to a city's experience. That night, as planned, we made a Thanksgiving feast. We bought handmade pasta , homemade sauce and two liters of wine from a little shop near our apartment. We bought bread from the baker and sausage from the butcher. We added some wonderful cheese, an onion, a tomato, some garlic and a little salad and got five hours worth of cooking, eating and drinking. For not being home, I'd say it was a rather successful Thanksgiving.
On Saturday we visited the Duomo, saw Michaelangelo's David and explored the city's original walled fortress (which, upon exiting, we saw was labeled "No Tourists"). With a train to Bergamo and a flight to Weeze, we found ourselves home in time for dinner on Sunday. Cheers to a successful travel break.
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Mmmm... Sounds like my kind of Thanksgiving dinner!
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