This morning we went to the Rialto markets in Venice, which were pretty cool. They were mostly tourist-y stalls though, but there were a few really cool shops. Ben got a Venetian mask, and Mum got a Venetian glass bracelet. Then we went to Basilica San Marca, which was really pretty, and looked out on Piazza San Marco. After that, we went to the Doje's Palace, which had heaps and heaps of rooms (which got a bit tiring after a while) but was pretty cool, as a...

In the morning, we went to the Bellinzona markets, then caught the train down to Milan, then on to Venice where we are now. The train to Milan was fifteen minutes late, and we only had fifteen minutes to get to the next train at the Milano Centrale train station, so we were pretty worried we were going to miss the train to Venice, but it turns out that it was running late too, and it happened to be right next to our train, so we were able to catch it! After 2 ...