Feb
20
Ciao,
This weekend was awesome! Myself and 6 other girls from OUA went to Venice this weekend for Carnevale. It was so much fun. I’ll give you a short run down of all of the things we got to do and see while we were there!
We left on Thursday February 16th after everyone was finished with their classes, and we got to Venice at about 9. We checked into our hotel and went to sleep so we could be rested for exploring Venice on Friday.
On Friday we left the hotel at about 9 and got the main part of Venice shortly after that. It was everything I imagined it would be. The sky was blue, the houses were gorgeous, and the canals were stunning.
Our first destination was the Rialto Bridge, which is the main bridge in Venice. On our way to the bridge we stopped and took a gondola ride!
Me, Katie, Elisandra, and Amanda on the Gondola
After our gondola ride we crossed the bridge and headed over to San Marcos. San Marcos is the major piazza in Venice. In San Marcos there were tourists, people in costume, live music, vendors, and amazing buildings to look at.
Elaborate costumes for Carnevale
Katie and I representing OU in San Marcos!
We wondered around (using the buddy system of course) and took lots of pictures. After that we went to the Doge’s palace, which was elaborate and spectacular. Then we did some shopping and walked around some more, had dinner and went back to the hotel.
Saturday, we got up early again and headed back to Venice. We started off with a tour of the Ca’Rezzinico which is a famous Venetian house.
Then we bought a ticket for the water bus, and headed over to the island of Murano. Murano is famous for it’s glass production. On Murano we had lunch, took a tour of the glass museum and did a lot of shopping.
Amazing glass sculpture on Murano
After Murano, we went to Burano. Burano is an even smaller island where fishermen live. What is unique about Burano is that all of the houses are different colors, and the island is also famous for it’s lace production. By the time we left Burano it was getting dark so we went back to the hotel to change and get ready for the evenings festivities. We all got dressed up and put on our Venetian masks. Once were back in Venice we wondered around and admired everyone’s costumes. It was a lot of fun.
On Sunday we came back to Arezzo. It’s funny how much Arezzo feels like home now, and how we were all a little home sick. It was an amazing weekend, and I’m so glad I got to experience it.
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