On Saturday February 13, my host family and 9 of us students went to Venice which is about 2 hours away from Florence. I saw so many amazing things! People in costumes, boats, yummy looking food and high-tide flooding! It was a crazy and exciting day. Venice is a city that was built upon water, so although there are roads for people to walk, there are no cars. The main way to travel is on foot or on the canals which are the main streets of Venice. People usually get around their city by boat. These boats are called
Gondolas and they are fancy boats that are just for fun rides/tours around the canals.
There were not as many people in costume as in
Viareggio, but here the costumes were much more
extravagant. I am not sure how this lady fit down some of the streets! Many more people were wearing masks here, even people who weren't in costume wore masks.
This is my host father, Paolo, and his 8 year-old daughter, Martina.
These are some pretty ladies I saw that were having fun taking pictures and they asked me to be in a few too!
In the morning it was high tide so much of the main square, San Marco, was flooded, and even some of the shops were
inaccessible! This is a main walkway where many shops and a few
restaurants are. It was difficult to get around the city with the flooding and with so many people all around.
On Saturday February 13, my host family and 9 of us students went to Venice which is about 2 hours away from Florence. I saw so many amazing things! People in costumes, boats, yummy looking food and high-tide flooding! It was a crazy and exciting day. Venice is a city that was built upon water, so although there are roads for people to walk, there are no cars. The main way to travel is on foot or on the canals which are the main streets of Venice. People usually get around their city by boat. These boats are called Gondolas and they are fancy boats that are just for fun rides/tours around the canals.
There were not as many people in costume as in Viareggio, but here the costumes were much more extravagant. I am not sure how this lady fit down some of the streets! Many more people were wearing masks here, even people who weren't in costume wore masks.
This is my host father, Paolo, and his 8 year-old daughter, Martina.
These are some pretty ladies I saw that were having fun taking pictures and they asked me to be in a few too!
In the morning it was high tide so much of the main square, San Marco, was flooded, and even some of the shops were inaccessible! This is a main walkway where many shops and a few restaurants are. It was difficult to get around the city with the flooding and with so many people all around.
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