Venice is full of old people. Probably because the pace is so slow here. I woke up at 7 and went for a walk outside and there wasn't a soul around. Everything is also very expensive here with the average meal being at least €12 exclusive of service charge. I'm getting pretty sick of drinking my coffee whilst standing. So, no more €2 breakfast. I went to the supermarket and bought 6 apples for €2 instead, so I will be eating apples only for the next 2 days.
(That speck on the left is the moon. Sean was trying to capture it. It's actually huge in reality but iPhone didn't do it justice.)
The hostel I'm in is quite secluded. That being said it's a 5min walk to San Zaccaria station and 10mins from Piazza San Marco. I booked a bed in the 6 person mixed dorm. When i arrived nobody else had checked in and I didn't see a single other person at the hostel - small freak out.
After a rest, i went out to buy my apples and was relieved to find upon my return that 2 other people had checked in. Jenny and Sean are Chinese Americans who graduated from the Morgan Stanley finance program. Sean went to Princeton! They are both really nice.
At around 7pm the three of us headed out to tour the island. Yes, we managed to do all of this in one night. Sean and Jenny are on a gelato expedition so we made 2 gelato stops - i only participated once.
We made it to Piazza San Marco and what can i say - I fell in love. Honestly, there's nothing to do in Venice so I wasn't loving it. But sitting in that square at 9pm listening to the live music and the crowd singing along - how do you beat that! The musicians are incredible, by the way.
Something i don't understand is the fascination with pigeons. I mean, they are gross and carry diseases but if you go to San Marco during the day, people are paying to have them sit on their heads etc. Gross! I was too worried that i'd be sh*t on to stay in the vicinity for longer than 5mins let alone have them climb all over me.
I discovered that the sun sets a lot earlier in Venice (9pm) and by the time we headed back it was completely dark. We saw some dodgy stuff on the way back including a drunken man and woman covered in blood (!!) and naked ladies in windows whistling and clicking. Ew? Sean and Jenny are heading to Milan today so needless to say, tomorrow I will be home in my bed by 8pm!
Rule of thumb in Venice is that if you see something in a shop that you really like - just buy it because you'll never be able to find your way back there again. So true! What a gigantic maze...also street maps don't include all the street names here. And police patrol on boats.
Venice is such a bizarre place. Better get here before it sinks cos there's really no place like it!
Ok - off to try and bump into Aunty Cynthia and Uncle Elvis!
Bye now.
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