Unlike yesterday (Feb 26), Sunday morning in Venice was very cloudy, gray, and windy. All of us woke up and rushed ourselves to get ready because we had to check-out by 11:00a.m which we originally thought wasn’t until 11:30a.m. Like this, our day has started as busy as a hen with one chicken. Then we took a waterbus to Piazza San Marco and decided to have a brunch there. Once we got there, the place was very lively that people from all over the world were either participating by dressing up or enjoying the atmosphere of Carnivale by taking pictures with people who dressed up. Even though the sky in Venice was gray and raining most of the time, carnival itself is very sunny day! During Carnivale, Venice is super packed with people that it is hard to see the floor and I was jostled in the crowd and let go off his hand. It is worth it to experience and I would strongly recommend going to Venice during Carnivale although the place is overcrowded. It is so much fun that you cannot experience in other places but in Venice.
We look so ugly ;p
All of us had different appetites; therefore, we decided to split into groups and meet up later the day. So Marissa, Luis and I decided to grab street food but we ended up getting a pasta and risotto which were the worst foods that I have ever tasted! Again, the service was not that good at all. After finishing our unsatisfied brunch, Luis ended up throwing up everything and I had several bites off my plate and decided to order other food. On a slightly different note, after an awful brunch, we went to get our face painted at the same place we had yesterday but with different face paintings on our faces. Once I saw the mirror to see my painting, I felt much better and finally I was able to start my new happy day - all of us did. Then we took another Gondola ride which goes along the Grand Canal which follows different path from yesterday’s. It was much longer in time and finally I was able to see the Rialto Bridge from the gondola! Wait, I thought the gondolier is singing ‘O sole Mio’ for us while he bows and rows a stroke but in reality, the gondolier refused to sing a song and said that very few gondoliers sing while they are rowing a stroke and most of them are just rowing a boat without singing. When I heard that it was a little bit disappointment but we really enjoyed our gondola ride and we took a lot of pictures of us and scenery.
Next, we visited and did very quick tour of Palazzo Ducale and Doges Palace. Both of them were very huge and building itself looks very royal and able to see how wealthy people lived in there by looking at the ceiling, furniture, and paintings inside the building. Then we moved to San Marco Campanile Tower. The view from the top of the tower was amazing and so beautiful that I can see different parts of Islands, people in costumes, and architectures. It would be much nicer if the weather was good. By the time we went up to the tower, it was raining, very windy, and cold that my whole body was shaking so badly. After visiting the tower, we went to San Marco Basilica. It was so crowded that we had to wait for 15 minutes to enter the entrance. Since today was the last day of trip and due to cold and bad weather, all of us were tired so we did a speed tour of Basilica. That’s the end of our tour in Venice then we met up with the rest of our group and grabbed some sandwiches and headed back to our hotel which is Lido Island. Once we got back to our hotel, all of us got our backpacks and hurried to go to the airport and then finally we got back in Rome sweet Rome♥ Oh! Our flight got delayed for an hour so we came back in Rome after the midnight. The weekend in Venice was awesome and we had so much fun!!
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