Off to Venice

Today (wednesday) we left Switzerland for Italy (Brig to Venice to be precise). Brig was a cute city; although not a real tourist hotspot we found it to be a good layover in preparation for leaving the country today.

I'll leave it to you to spot some of the differences between the last stop in Switzerland and the first in Italy.

Although things did greatly improve as (after 4.5 hours) we pulled into Venice.

During our little train adventure we ran a cross a bit of a snafu; having booked a ticket which the girl at the ticket office gave us that was made out for several stops short of Venice and also having a used up rail pass. The ticket check finally made it to us about 2 hours from Venice (well after our supposed stop) and we managed to BS our way into; well, not getting kicked off the train. Basically we confused him so much he said he was going to check but just gave up and never came back.

After making it to Venice we stopped by our hotel, which is incredible, and then we went right for two of the bigger sites. Although we'll be seeing them again we visited the Rialto (bridge over the grand canal) and then St. Marks square. Both were awe-inspiring.

Then, considering a powerful desire for some free water and a big meal we hit the Hard Rock just off St. Marks, a very nice spot.

While our main goal is still hitting all of the Margaritavilles, we are ticking off a lot of Hard Rocks.

After that we headed back to our room but finding the internet unable to support both our iPhones and the laptop and needing to post Lauren's post from earlier we found a bar with WWF playing and wifi which is where I'm posting from now.

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Location:Calle dei Preti o del Pistor,Venice,Italy