Venice

After Munich it was the trek down south to the glorious land of hot
weather, wine, and gellato...Our first stop was Venice.  We ended up
staying in a camping village just outside of the city as most of the bus
were staying there and it was dirt cheap.  Cole and I got to have our own
room (yeah, no 6-8 bed dorm rooms!), there was a restaurant, pool, and
bar.  It was a pretty nice escape as we hit Venice for a full day but it
wasn't our favourite so we spent the next day by the pool relaxing and
reading! Venice was really cool and unique with the canals, no cars, and
really old buildings (it was basically untouched in WWII) but there were
incredible crowds of people and pigeons that put a damper on things.  We
did a bit of shopping in the neat little boutiques but one day was good
enough for us.  The day by the pool was probably a good idea to start
building some what of a base since Rome has been EXTREMELY HOT so far.
Anyway, more about Rome later we have only just arrived and checked out a
few things but wow!

Venice: super unique, cheap and yummy gellato, throw away the map because
you will get lost, again, again, and again...

SIDE BAR: We drove through the area where the earthquake hit Italy in
early April and unfortunately it was not a pretty site.  Hundreds of
people are still displaced living in tents scattered around parking lots
and we saw the remains of the damaged homes...It was sad to imagine...