Around TownWeird Stuff and FoodGelato tried so far in Italy: Raspberry, Lemon, Mango, and Caramel (I asked for pineapple but . . . ) GIANT Licorice (think climbing rope size) and Massive Meringues . . . No, I did not try either They had a make your own Magnum store so of course I had to. Result: cool but not worth the money. The chocolate outside didn't want to adhere to the ice cream so when you bit into it, the chocolate just slides off. Basically, I ate all the chocolate before any of the ice cream. I don't really have words for these. Why someone would make this art project . . . I have no idea. And weird European squatty potty? . . . it was like 6 inches off the ground. Museums and Famous PlacesLeonardo Da Vinci Museum This place was so cool! Virtual Reality area where you got to see some of his inventions. Upstairs was a "play" area. Many of his inventions were never actually made, just drawings in his notes. So the museum made a bunch of his inventions and you could play with them to see how they work. Super awesome and only cost 8 euro. Basilica di San Marco Since I arrived about 45 minutes early for my island tour, I walked around the area a bit. I come out of an alley and see this massive Piazza (square) with this insanely ornate building. I have no idea what it is but there's a huge line of people waiting to get in. I took a video... it was like 30 seconds long. (no the video is not here. It requires me to upload it to YouTube then insert the YouTube video on the website ... I'm not gonna do that) Anyways, I looked on Google Maps and saw that I was standing by Doge Palace. I thought "Cool, maybe I'll get tickets to that when I get back from the island tour." when I passed the ticket line. . . . After going through Doge Palace later that day, I realized that the pretty building was the Basilica di San Marco and it's free and it closed at 5 so I wasn't going to get to visit it. Doge palace was cool too though. Doge Palace Note: not connected to the Basilica di San Marco ... at least not anywhere you can get to as a visitor. MuranoWent on a tour to three of the outlying islands in the Venetian Lagoon. Murano is the glass blowing island. We saw a demonstration then had some time to wander around. BuranoBurano is famous for its hand made lace industry. We watched a short demonstration. The lady said to make a piece of lace like the demo (~ 4 inch diameter doily) it takes 7 ladies 10 days total to make it. 7 ladies because they each specialize in 1 type of stitch. 1 day is 5 hours of work. Burano is also famous for its brightly colored houses. It used to be (maybe still is?) a fishing village. The brightly colored houses would make it easier for the fishermen to find the right one. TorcelloWe didn't really get any background on Torcello . . . we just kind of went. So here's some pictures . . . General Impressions and last wordsVenice was frickin awesome! I could spend at least a week there just exploring the streets and getting lost (intentionally). It was like a giant maze. On that note, it would make an amazing place for a city wide game of capture the flag. If they don't do that already, they should make it an annual thing.
From Venice, I came to Rome where I'll stay for 6 days before going to Barcelona to finish off the trip.
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