EURO TOUR; part 5. Lido di Jesolo & Venice

next, it was on to ITALY!! i was most excited about this, as i wanted to go to Italy on exchange, but i couldn't. im so glad i had the chance to go there though! we were staying in a beachside town called Lido di Jesolo. This town is very famous for its beaches, although most of it was covered by yellow chairs. there was about 4 metres between the last chair and the water. Our "4 star" hotel was terrible. I do not believe that it was 4 star (4 out of 100, maybe). Some of us had to wait two hours for our rooms to be ready. The owner was grumpy, and quite scary and itwas a pretty crappy hotel too, some people had toilets quite literally in their showers, the 100% necessary air-con sounded like a jumbo jet andour dinner that night was the worst of the whole trip. out first afternoon, we had free time to explore, so most people headed down to the beach, but jacqui and i decided to hit up the (cheap) italian shops. That night, we went out to celebrate one of the girls birthdays. we went to a beachside club, and it was a really fun night.

Our first full day in Italy we had entirely free to do with what we pleased. We were in Italy, with gelato, pizza and beaches, and what did we do? we washed our clothes. most of us were running low on clean undies, so we all put in and did some washing. Jacqui and i went and bought inflatable things for the beach. After we had finally finished with that, then we headed straight for the beach. I have not been to the beach that much, as i do not live near it, but it was good to be swimming in the ocean again. The water was the perfect temperature, and sparkling blue and we swam for a good few hours! We then headed out to get some lunch. oh my gosh, the food was sooo good. i had some pasta, filled with mushroom and bacon. it was delicious! after lunch, 2 other australians and i decided to look at some more shops, before heading back to the beach again. We then went out for tea, and this time i ordered a pizza. Cheese, tomato, sausgage, and chips. Yes that right, i had a pizza with hot chips on it. it was soooo good. The next day, we were off to Venice!!!

we headed off to Venice quite early. Ive always wanted to go to Venice, its very pretty and interesting. we began with a gondola ride through the canals of Venice, with a striped shirt wearing gondola driver and everything. Sadly he wouldn’t sing for us, and when i asked why, his reply "we only sing when we are drunk!" I said back "can we get you drunk?" to which i got a foul look, so i stopped asking him to sing. The buildings, bridges, the crumbling steps were amazing. it was all like i had imagined! Our Gondola ride finished, and Jacqui and I headed off to explore the city. We walked around, had a bite to eat, and then met up with some others. We wondered around a bit more, before meeting everyone and heading back to the hotel. We got ready, and headed out for dinner. The last night was just a quiet one at the hotel. tomorrow, FRANCE!!!