The bridges in Venice

 For Venice we had hosts, so technically we were in Veneto which is about an hour train ride into the heart of Venice. Our hosts in Veneto were amazing people. We drank wine together talked and learned so much Italian that it is now messing with my Spanish since they are so similar, but I could not be happier to have learned as much as I did. Our hosts had children in Canada who were doing workaway as well so they had a little different perspective on it. They really were amazingly sweet people and I am so happy that we had the opportunity to stay with them. One thing that I have learned from staying in smaller towns in Europe is that small town courtesy isn't exclusive in the US, everyone is so much nicer in small town than big cities so it's nice to stay in small towns cause everyone wants to show you more of the culture, and one of my favorite things about Italians is even if you don't speak the language and they don't speak English they still want to talk to you get to know you as much as possible and invite you in for a drink or food, it is so sweet to meet people who want to talk to you so bad. It makes me want to know much more Italian. Needless to say I am very happy that we got to stay in Veneto with our amazing hosts. 

We decided to spend the Sunday that we were there in Venice. Let's just say Venice is made up entirely of bridge. After about half the day we decided to start counting all the bridges that we crossed, but the time we were on the train headed back to Veneto we counted 24, which was only about half of what we crossed. While we were there we saw the boats from a different perspective as well. We decided to take a gondola ride, cause when you are in Venice I feel like that is a must. It was very cool I was happy that our "captain" (I'll call it that cause I have no real clue) was one of the very few wearing the proper clothing, it made Andra and me both very happy. We did a little shopping and saw the port but honestly Andra and me bother were total scatter brains this day so we decided not to pay for tourist stuff cause we wouldn't be able to really focus on much of anything while we were in there anyways. So we went and saw the chapel since it was free, our main goal was to find carnival masks while we were there cause they are beautiful and Venice goes big for Carnival. 

Venice is such a totally unique place getting lost in Venice is one of the best things that we did. Just wondering the beautiful and unique streets is worth a visit here by its self.

Between our experiences in Veneto and the beauty of Venice this was a place that I will simply never forget. We only had one more stop left in Italy, Milano.