Day 2: Dark Chocolate

We arrived in Venice at 8:45 am after a whole day of flying. We took a boat into the city. The boat driver seemed to be kinda of spacey. While other boats zoomed passed us, we snailed along taking short breaks while the boat driver checked his cellphone and chatted with his friends. Apparently Italians also enjoyed listening to Eminem.

We are staying in an apartment in a gorgeous courtyard in the center of the city (photos below.) In order to find it, we had to maneuver through a maze of small alleys all lined with shops, many of which are filled with delicious goodies!

Our first outing was to Murano where the famous glass blowers once lives: there is evidence of the glass blowers everywhere. We got to watch a glassmaker make a vase in just a few minutes and a glass horse in 90 seconds by sticking them in a 1200 degrees C oven and then shaping them.

Amy and I got to taste our first Italian pasta and gelato. Amy got some mystery flavor that had pistachios and cherries on it. I tried some lemon and tiramisu. The lemon was very, very tart. The best flavor of the day, however, was definitely the dark chocolate.