Day 3: Venice, Italy

If there was a word to describe Day 3 it would definitely have to be "grinding". From the moment we woke up at 4 am we were completely on the go. We began our day with a walk from our hostel in Barcelona to the nearest subway for a ride to the bus station where we caught a ride to the Barcelona airport. After many moments of waiting in line and checking our bags, we boarded another bus that took us out to the plane. We boarded the plane and headed for Milan where the train ride from hell would be awaiting us. 

    After grabbing a quick bite to eat in the Milan train Station and sorting a few things out with the eurail pass, we were set to board the train that would take us to Venice, Italy. The ride time was 3.5 hours and I planned to pass the time by playing a plethora of iPhone games. People like Wic, on the other hand, took a more intellectual approach and decided to read a book. Anyways, the passenger train was about 80 degrees and we knew from the get go it was going to be a rough ride to Venice. I took the traditional American method of falling asleep by dipping my cap over my eyes and putting on sunglasses to help ease the incoming sunlight. Big John took the same approach as well. While others used other mixed methods. We all were sleeping fine until a random Italian Guido began yelling and singing up and down the train. It added to the misery of the hot train and we were all happy to arrive in Venice. 

   We knew Venice was special the minute we stepped foot out of the train station. The first thing we saw were gondolas floating up and down the main river through town.  We saw Venice's uniqueness right away. After this, we boarded a bus to our hotel about 20 mins outside of the city. We got situated and put our bags up and then headed out for a night on the town. 

     Aileen used her experience and familiarity of the town to guide us all around. We went through all the narrow streets and bridges of Venice. It was as good as advertised as canals served as streets all through the city and gondola rides were available throughout. After touring around the town a little bit, we decided to grab a bite to eat at a local Italian Restaurant. It was Definitely a starch filled dinner as each of us got pasta. Tramel wins the Award for the best meal as he got a dish consisting of Fettuccinni and salmon. John G was a close second with the carbonara dish. It was one heck of a meal. After dinner, we listened to some live music then headed back to the hotel to regroup for tomorrow   It was definitely a cool place for sure. We currently are hanging in the lobby at 12:30 local time. Thanks for reading, Harry P