Venice

Hello everyone.
Well we finally made it to Venice after a 8 hour lay over because we had to catch a train to Austria to get here, and then the next train to Venice did not leave until night time. So we once again took a night train. It was interesting though because we were in a car with an Austrian man who did not speak a word of english, and 3 korean girls who also did not speak much english.
Once we got here we had to take a water bus to our hostel. we are staying on an island just across from the main city. Its a 5 minute boat ride across. Beautiful cannal. We got a 3 day boat bus ticket, and then on the 4th and 5th day we are going to take day trips to Verona and Milan.
Yesterday we got a gondola ride which was way too expensive for us, but who knows when we are going to be able to do it again right! It was fun, the man sang for us and took us around many canals.
Today we wandered around the city and found a cool outdoor touristy market selling some cool souveners. We then had to come home for lunch and a nap b.c we were so tired.
This hostel is the worst we have stayed at though. Which is a disapointment seen as it is one of the most expensive cities. There is no toilette seats, males and females are seperated and in rooms like approx 60 people. for each room there is only 2 showers and 3 toilettes.... and some of the toilettes are only 1 inch off the floor (also with no toilette seats). The hostel kicks everyone out from 9:30am-1:30pm everyday, and also has a curfue at 11:30 which is also anoying. Oh well, we are still having a great time here.
I will report back at the end of the stay.
love dani and kirk