While on my month long journey in Europe I was fortunate enough to spend a little time, ten hours to be exact, in Venice. It may never happen in my lifetime hopefully , but why take the chance, right? We arrived in Venice after a two hour train ride from Florence. We only had ten hours to spend exploring, our night train for Vienna would be leaving at around nine that night.
So we dropped off our stuff before heading out and taking a minute to get our bearings while doing a little people watching on the steps of the station.
I may or may not have spotted a corgi and freaked out slightlyโฆit was before I had my own! We figured out the general direction we wanted to go and ventured into the crowds. Of course we made a stop along the first bridge. The buildings may be deteriorating, but they sure do look beautiful either way. Surprisingly we managed not to get lost! Someone had suggested trying to find others who would be willing to join us and split the cost.
So we kind of stood around the water for a few minutes, eyeing up the other tourists to see if anyone spoke English. We actually spotted a guy around our age that seemed to be doing the same thing, so we got to talking and realized he was from Ohio as well! We ran into other Ohioans in Ireland and Prague! Despite the fact that we were in a tiny gondola with strangers it ended up being really lovely. The ride overall was a little unstable, we were leaning a bit too much to one side, but still quite relaxing.
My least favorite part? Getting out. I just kept imaging falling into the water and losing all my photos. Luckily I made it out without incident and we waved goodbye to our gondola friends.
