Day 8: Venice

I woke up with a sore throat that morning, so after a breakfast that consisted mostly of tea with honey, I tried to speak as little as possible. Ariana woke up with 6 mosquito bites (because she didn't want to be left out of the fun of physical ailments). Clearly her blood is much sweeter than mine, because I was completely untouched.

Wandering around, we found a pharmacy, and we were greeted by a pharmacist who spoke English with only a slight accent. I figured that means he's fluent, so I started telling him what I wanted to buy - cough drops and vitamin C. This was too fast for the poor guy - he had me slow down and Ariana translated a couple words into Spanish (which is very close to Italian) to make sure he understood.

We spent most of the day walking the city - we walked through the Rialto shopping district and bridge over to Piazza San Marco. It was packed! Lines to get in everywhere were very long, and the restaurants were the most expensive in this already pricy city.

We saw the other main bridge over the Grand Canal - the Ponte dell' Academia - located near the university. Then we tried to go back to our hotel for a nap (since it was so hot!) but we ended up getting lost over on the far western side of Venice and had to stop into a cafe for directions. Another wander around our neighborhood and a pasta dinner closed our last night in Venice.