On June 18th we were initially going to go to Rome but some of the people thought the train tickets were too much. A round trip to Venice was still cheaper than a going to Rome one-way. Natali, Martha, Jazmin, Jada, Zach, Jessica, Lisa, and I, all decided we wanted to go to Venice, Italy. We didn’t all get to stay in a group together but somehow things worked out. Natali, Martha, Jazmin and I went the day before to book our fast train tickets through a company called Trenitalia.
This had actually been the second time I went to Venice, but the first time I went I didn’t do much exploring. I was still a bit young so I was afraid that I would get lost from the group we were with. I didn’t have a phone or even a map to get around the city and I also didn’t have the confidence to act like I knew where I was going.
This time I got to do all of the things I wanted to do like walk through the center of Venice and go into different shops and get souvenirs for my loved ones. Another thing I always wanted to do was go on a gondola which we did get to do. The gondola ride was about 45 minutes long and we got to see some interesting sites. We got to see Antonio Vivaldi’s childhood home. Antonio Vivaldi is one of the greatest Baroque composers and I have been in choirs in high school and in college so I was very excited when I found out. I was also very interested in seeing the famous Teatro La Fenice. This is the most famous opera house in the history of Italian theatre and also in history as a whole. We also got to see the bridge of Sighs, Basilica San Marco, and the Prison that is under the Doge’s Palace. So this was definitely a fun and educational trip for all of those who went.
