Day 6--Venice

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Justin had an awkward night of sleep because he was just a little too tall for the bed. When he extended straight his head had to be bent in order to fit in properly. I, on the other hand, am shorter and was therefore able to fit in better.
When we got to Venice we went to find our hotel to see when check it was. Luckily our room was ready early and we were able to get rid of our bags earlier than planned. We decided to get a 12 hour water-bus pass to get around the city. We got on it once and just rode it around taking pictures around the whole city (we took close to 200 pictures each today). After riding around we went to Piazza San Marco. There we went into the Basilica di San Marco which we weren’t allowed to take pictures in. We walked around Piazza San Marco then took a full lap around Venice. Luckily we were able to sit in the front of the water-bus and see everything as we passed.
We then tried to go to the Accademia. There was construction on the outside so we were unfortunately unable to see the outside of it and once we entered found out the “Vitruvian Man” by Leonardo da Vinci is not on display for the public. Since we didn’t know of anything else in the Accademia we decided to skip it and get something to eat by the Rialto Bridge. We found somewhere that didn’t cost an arm and a leg to eat at—it was pizza. We walked around the Rialto Bridge looking at the different shops then decided to look at Murano Island for the glass blowing. Unfortunately we miss judged how long it would take to get there (nearly an hour) and did not arrive in time before everything closed. So we went back to the Rialto Bridge to find our souvenir for the day. We found souvenirs that were made using Murano glass. I had to use all my will power to not stop and buy a new purse. At this point in time the majority of things seemed to be closing up—around 6pm. We decided to find something to eat but ended up at our pizza place again.
After eating we continued to explore the different side streets and ended back at Piazzo San Marco and got some gelato while listening to the different restaurant bands. I had to eat most of the gelato myself because Justin did care for it because it’s like ice cream. We then found some more shops which included Louis Vutton and Channel—it’s a good thing we hadn’t found them while they were open otherwise I might have made Justin go in just so I could look at the purses for awhile. We continued roaming and decided to see how much a gondola ride would be. Since we decided it was too much and neither of us care for wine we went with the water-bus and Bacardi Breezes—with some more pizza.
Throughout the day we were noticing that our arms were getting a little pink. By the end of the day my arms were very red and Justin’s nose was as well. Thought for the day…buy sunblock. We then ended our night with catching up on our daily entries of what we have been up to and getting some sleep.