Venice and Verona

On Friday morning, Erica, Shelby and I headed over to Venice for the weekend. We arrived around 12 and had the whole day to wander around and explore the watery city. I had never seen any place like it. There were no cars and everywhere throughout the town had little cannels running through it. The residents of Verona who had their own transportation all had boats. That was the only way around. It was so unreal going to such an old and magnificent place.  Our second day there we did a little shopping and some more exploring. We took the water bus to the other island and watched a free demonstration on how they make glass. It was unbelievable! The guy made a horse glass sculpture in about 3 minutes and it came out perfect. Talk about some talent! In the evening we decided to take our first gondola ride. It was so cool. Definitely a romantic thing to do when in Venice. But our guide was a very nice guy who told us a lot of the history behind Venice and pointed out and explained all the important things we went by. Sunday morning we left Venice pretty early and took the train to Verona. We were only there for a few hours but we got to go to the Casa di Guilietta (house of Juliet). It was awesome! As soon as you walk under the little tunnel both side are covered in letters written to Juliet. As soon as you walk in, you see on your right the balcony that Romeo called to Juliet from. Then you see the famous statue of Juliet that everyone takes a picture with holding her breast. We took the tour of Juliet's house and got to stand out on the famous balcony. After we saw everything, we wrote Juliet a letter and posted it on the wall. I had such a great time and really enjoyed the history and architecture I got to see first hand. Here are the pictures of my journey.