After a train ride right out of Satan’s imagination, we finally arrived in Venice. It has been a while getting here, and we haven’t slept in about 37 hours, but we are aboard Royal Caribbean’s Voyager of the Seas. The train, which was scheduled to depart at 11:52 p.m. didn’t leave until nearly 1 a.m. We had a room with 4 other strangers and had no room for our luggage, meaning we had to leave it on a rack in the hallway and watch it. The room was hot (no air conditioning), and our water was stolen by some gypsy. All things considered, stealing a 30 cent bottle of water was the least that the person could’ve taken.
We arrived in Venice this morning tired, groggy, and depleted of energy. However, after a round of espressos, we were ready to hit the cruise terminal, drop off our luggage, and head into the heart of Venice…Piazza di San Marco. We saw the Bridge of Sighs, passed the Doge’s Palace, and San Marc’s Basilica. We also roamed around the town visiting churches and other bridges, watching the gondolas, and we had a butcher make us a fresh lunchmeat sandwich. The prepared sandwiches that sit out are for tourists who know no better.
Now we have checked in and boarded the ship we are about to head to the room for the first time. We will probably collapse from exhaustion there.
