St. Mark's Square

Chloe and Anneke on the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy

We woke up in Athens to the sound of rain (not pleasant by the way). Nobody had a good night of sleep. We walked to a street side shop and enjoyed a yummy breakfast. When we tried to pack our bags we realized that they were too big for the airline restrictions. We shifted some things around and everything was fine.

The flight from Athens to Rome was short and smooth. The only worry was when we landed in Rome. We had to get on another flight to Venice and we only had 45 minutes to switch gates. After we got on that flight there were no more problems. When we touched down at the Marco Polo airport in Venice, we took a tram across the tarmac. After we took a bus as far as it would go into “the city of canals,” we got on a very busy water taxi. A man met us at our stop and led us to the apartment.

After we were settled in, we went out to find a place to eat. All of the restaurants seemed only to be serving very large meals, but we found a café. We had a delicious meal. Unfortunately it cost us an am and a leg and a kidney (figurative, of course).  We left after dark and walked out into the square. Everywhere we saw flying lights. We asked a street vendor where to buy them but we found out they were illegal. They were illegal because they were sold on the Black Market. For security reasons we will write the next part in Pig Latin. Ewa oughtba omesa. As we were leaving we saw a police-woman walk into the square. All of the vendors seemed to sink into the shadows. We walked back to our building and reminisced on our day.