La vita è bella....in Firenze.: Venezia!!

Instead of talking about my entire trip with my mom I am just going to go over the little trips we went on and the adventures we had in Florence....

One of the trips we went on was Venice (Italy) for the day.

It rained the ENTIRE TIME. Which of course doesn't help for Venice because it is sinking anyways.

Venice is made entirely of islands on the east coast of Italy, the main island of course being Venice and various other islands such as Murano.

Murano was the first place we ended up in while in Venice.

The only way to get around Venice is either walking or taking a boat down the grand canal. So we took a water taxi to Murano.

Murano is one of the most famous places for glass blowing. We got to see a demonstration, which was absolutely amazing. The guy made a glass horse within minutes right before our eyes.

After that we stayed on the island of Murano to eat some lunch. Venice is known for it's seafood so we had very delicious shrimp scampi in a quaint little restaurant.

I have never seen so much glass in my life, or bought that much! I loved it all, it was extremely beautiful.

After Murano, we headed back to the main island and took an adventure to find the gondolas in the Rialto.

Because of the rain it was not possible for us to take a ride in one. We were a little disappointed, but I think all we really wanted were pictures of them! So at least one wish was granted.

On the way back to the train station we got to pick up the famous masks of Venice. In the spring time Venice has a celebration called Carnivale and it is a giant festival where everyone wears the most magnificant masks. I bought two and they were absolutely beautiful.

To end our trip it was a nice train ride back to Florence. We took the fast train there and back and it was possibly the easiest thing I have ever done (transportation wise) in my entire life.