Travel: Firenze to Venezia

This travel day was pretty messy. We left out of Florence pretty early in the morning to catch a bus to Venezia. We had one stop planned before arriving in the City of Bridges. We stopped in Bologna around mid-morning. It was raining out that put everyone in a less than pleased mood. We stopped at the Shoah Memorial which was a memorial to the Jews of World War II. It was an interesting concept but I didn’t really fully understand it. From there, Hans led us on a walking tour of Bologna to show us the different building phases of the city. It was nice to see but I was wet, cold, tired, and hungry. We grabbed lunch before getting back on the bus and finishing our trek to Venice.

Shoah Memorial

We got into the city about midafternoon with some time to see things before sunset. We jumped on a water taxi to Piazza San Marco and did our own walking tour back to the hotel which was on the complete opposite side of the island. It was nice to finally go at our own pace and see what we wanted to and not be rushed. We made our way to the Bridge Rialto which is the most famous bridge in Venice and only one of four that cross the Grand Canal. We got a three course dinner at a restaurant nearby that was really good. We finished our walk back to the hotel and called it a night. There is going to be a lot to see in Venice.

All aboard the water taxi