I am the kind of person that when I try something new like using a planner or writing in a journal I get into it for a little while and then it slowly dies down. I recently found my journal that I kept while I was in Italy two years ago and wanted to share with you all of my journal entries. I didn't write in it the entire time but I am going to share with you the days that I did (: Parts of it may be jumbled and may not make a ton of sense but it is my journal so it really only needs to make sense to me.
June 16, 2010
Day One
We departed the U.S. around 2:15. The plane ride to Germany was extremely long. I met a guy my age named Daimin. Damin was born in Germany and lived there until he was two and then him and his family moved to Sacramento, California. We arrived in Germany and I bought a postcard from the airport for my collection. After buying the postcard my Papa and I found euros in the machine that had been left. We boarded our plane to Venice. The flight to Venice was very short compared to our flight from California to Germany. We got to the Venice airport and had to get tickets from the mainland to Venice. Papa at first couldn't figure out how to get the tickets, he put in 50 euros, I had to show him that the machine only took 5, 10, and 20 euros. Silly Papa! We took a boat to Venice through the main canal. The buildings were all old but beautiful. We rode under the Rialto Bridge which is the oldest bridge in Venice. We walked around for a long time trying to find our hotel. We finally found our hotel but by accident. Our hotel was built in the 1200's! Old right? We went up to our room and took napes because it had been a longggggg day! Then we went to dinner. Of course we got lost again and found the restaurant by accident. Being a typical american tourist I got a salami/pepperoni pizza. After dinner we went back to our hotel for a good night sleep.
June17, 2010
Day Two
We had breakfast at the hotel. The day was mostly filled with learning about the city and shopping. We also walked to San Marco to check out that area of the city. We didn't have a very big day because we were all jet lagged.
June 18, 2010
Day Three
I woke up to Italians speaking Italian early in the morning as they were all walking to work early in the morning. After we ate breakfast we went to church. The art work was beautiful and so was the architecture of the building. After we found our way beck to the hotel we had to meet our tour guide and tour group. Our tour guide name is Donato and he is Canadian. We then went for a tour of Venice. After the tour we had a nice meal and then went for a gondola ride. The ride was so amazing. The gondola ride ended our day.
June 19, 2010
Day Four
Today was the start of our tour, we have to also have a local tour guide because Donato can get finned for giving us information inside churches. With the tour we went back to the church we had gone to the day before. Only this time I got to take photos. We also got to see how local masks are made. We got to go to see how class is blown and beautiful glass pieces. After that I went to look at the Doge's Palace which is giant and beautiful. I also got to see the dungeon and walk on the Bridge of Sighs.
June 20, 2010
Day Five
It rained all day. We went to a beautiful art museum and then we went to a house of a rich noble. The top floor was an art museum as well. We went back to the hotel the check out the Italy soccer game against New Zealand. Italians are very serious about their "futbol" The game ended with a 1 to 1 score against New Zealand.
June 21, 2010
Day Six
We left Venice on a bus and headed to Florence. It was interesting getting to see cars once we exited Venice. Most of the cars are tiny or cars that would be expensive in the U.S. We stopped to eat lunch at an auto grill that was over the freeway. Once we arrived in Florence we went to the hotel and then went for a tour of Florence. We went to a leather shop that Donato recommends because it's real leather at a reasonable price. After the whole tour went to dinner. We got three courses. The first was 3 different types of pasta. The second was steak! Yum! Florence is known for their steak. Finally, was dessert. After we went back up to the top of the Terrace with two girls from my tour, Emily and Laura.
June 22, 2010
Day Seven
First we went to an art museum. Then we went to a sculpture museum. After my grandparents and I went to the church that has Galileo's and Michelangelo's memorials. After eating Gelato we meet up with the group and went to go see Michelangelo's sculpture of David. Afterwards I got to go back to the leather purse store and grandma bought me a beautiful purse and bought one as well. Then we went back to the hotel and watched the Argentina vs. Greece game.
June 23, 2010
Day Eight
We did a back street tour of Florence. We also visited an old Florentine house. After we went and had cappuccinos and a snack. We also visited another church but could only be there for 15 minutes. After that I got to go to the Duomo with Papa, Laura, and Emily. We climbed to the top which is 436 steps up. It was beautiful.
I didn't write in my Journal while I was in Rome so that is the only portion that there isn't anything written about. I hope your enjoyed it!
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