Yesterday we took the bus to Venice and got on a water taxi down the Grand Canal to the Rialto bridge. It was very busy and hot but the shops sold lovely Marano glass and souveniers. Then we took the taxi to St Marco Square and had a big ice cream! We had fruit boxes and pizza for lunch, and a weird green, hard pistaschio cake. We found a restuarant for dinner that did main meals for 8 euros and so we ate there. We sat down at 6.30, Jas had pesto and pine nut ...

Friends, Went to Venice today, was really quick on the bus, 5 mins. Uploaed some more pics for you. It was stupidly hot today, stopped twice for drinks. Will give more info tom, want to upload pics. Off to florence at 14.30 tom, hostel by main station

Hello, We made it to Italy! Train arrived an hour late last night and the buses had stopped, so we got a taxi and got ripped off, but at least we made it. The hostel is a bit out of the way, think Vegas, motel, we have to get a bus in to Venice. Have booked a hostel in Florence for tomorrow night, which is 2 mins from main station and should be better. There was a huuggee thunder storm last night which sounded like bombs, thought the building was going to...