Mercoledi

Wednesday morning we woke up at 7 and caught the 8:19 train to Bologna. Paolo helped us get our tickets-- he was so cute. It was so sad to say goodbye to our new family. It's so amazing how you can find people everywhere in the world that are kind enough to welcome you into their homes and make you feel so loved!

But, on we traveled to Venice. We had a bit of stop in Bologna, so we went out into the city to find a bench to have lunch. Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. Home of the oldest university in the world, "Alma Mater Studiorum", founded in 1088, Bologna is one of the most developed cities in Italy.

After about 5 hours on two different trains, we finally made it to Venice and took a boat to the island we were staying on. We met up with Jackie at the boat stop dn walked to Hotel Villa Parco. It was so cute and charming! An Indian man checked us in and told us there was only one other room with people in it... crazy! We took about a 2 hour nap, and then got up and got ready for dinner. We went into Lido and found a pizzeria to eat at. We even splurged on dessert! We each had a bite of eachother's, and they were all delicious! We walked back to the hotel and had to go in the back door... we struggled a bit with the key, but eventually got in. Once in the room, we planned out what we were going to do the rest of the week and went to sleep...