We woke up at about 9:30 am to start our last day in Venice. We were greeted by breakfast, consisting of orange juice, coffee, croissants, and a rolls. It was really good and fresh, only the best from Italy!
We had to bring our luggage to the other hotel, because that was where the luggage room was. So we crossed the Rialto Bridge and got lost, again, but eventually we found the place. From there we crossed another larger bridge that had locks on it to "show the love" of each other.
We then wandered around the islands, and made it off of the main one to other side ones. Again, many cool shots and picture perfect locations on bridges. We made it to the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, which is a gorgeous building! It also offered a beautiful panorama view of the area, with the water in the background. I love this shot!
After we took a few pictures we walked back and stopped at a glass shop that sold Murano glass, an island in Venice. We all bought wine stoppers, for our parents, and then continued on our journey to no where in specific.
We continued our day by finding really cool picture-taking spots. We also returned to the St. Mark's Square to see it during the day. From there we found the Bridge of Sighs, the only covered bridge in Venice.
We were getting hungry so we decided to head on over to another island to find a restaurant that I have researched online. The restaurant was called Trattona Alle Due Gonolette and it was THE best food ever for only 15 euros! When we walked in, it was definitely a local joint because everyone there was workers that were on their lunch break and we got the stare down, even after we sat down. The place was a family restaurant and only open for lunch hour! We started off with bread and these cracker like things, and when they came to take our order, there was no menu. Just 3 choices for the day: noodles and meat sauce, noodles and sauce with seafood or soup. I got the noodles and meat sauce and did it ever hit the spot! We were pretty content after that and full but wait, there was more! Next was the "hearty second course" as it said online, and we all ordered grilled chicken (a half a breast and then about a half of a half more) and a salad, which I had to add olive oil and salt to. After that we were full to the brim, stuffed and had no room for more. We had wine and water throughout the meal, and ended with a small cup of espresso. Strong espresso if I might say so myself!
On the previous day, Wednesday, we had spotted another local joint that sold tiles that were hand painted and I was wavering on purchasing one. Eventually I decided that I could not live without one and I bought one. After that, we stopped at a bakery and got cannolis, which I managed to get ALL of the powdered sugar over me.
When it was getting close to 4 we decided it was time to head back to the hotel to get our luggage and make our way to the grocery store to buy snacks for the plane since we were too full to eat another meal. I bought an apple and an orange. We then proceeded to sit on a random dock because we had an hour to burn before our water bus came, so I ate my apple, which was the crispiest and best apple I have ever had! It was a Mele apple, one which I hope they have in America.
We got on the bus and left Venice, until next time, and got the airport with a little time to burn. We ended up boarding the plane a good 30 minutes earlier than expected and we had to take a bus to get to the plane. We boarded and we were off to Rome! We landed about 25 minutes early, enough time to catch an earlier shuttle to the Termini Station, which was just a few blocks from our hotel.
Finding the hotel was an adventure in and of itself. It was about 12 midnight when we got to the station, we didn't have a map and the maps that were posted around the city did not have street names labeled. All that we had were directions to get there, but the streets themselves didn't have markings on them telling you what was what! We were all getting very frustrated and I was ready to give up and just sleep on the streets. We asked a taxi driver how to get to the plaza and that was easy but from there, we had about 8 options of roads to chose, which were not labeled. We found a cafe that was open who told us how to get there. We felt like total idiots once we got there because it was actually an easy place to find but we made it A LOT more complicated than it needed to be.
We got to the hotel at about 12:30 and we were exhausted and ready for bed because Friday was our day to see everything in walking distance, so we definitely needed our rest!
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