Sheer Gluttony: Very Grouchy Person Hitting Venice

The last stretch of my Italy trip ~ Honestly, now that I'm reflecting back and trying to write down the details. I find myself forgetting what I actually did in Venice. It came to the point in which i was thinking, "was that me?", "was it that day?"

Day 1: -

We took the night train over to Venice, but due to the changing of trains in the middle of the night and the waiting, we did not manage to get much sleep at all. Therefore, two every grouchy and sleep deprived people hit Venice. Me, being my usual brilliant, Pollyanna self, embraced Venice and its unusually freezing cold. My other friend was grouchy, tired and irritable. Naturally, if you don't sleep for 8 hours, keep waking up in the middle of the night, depart from a nice, warm seaside village to a place that feels like it is 8 degrees lower. Oh, did I mention that we haven't showered for like 20 hours.

We dropped off our stuff at the hostel, tried to freshen up in the toilets and decided to get lost in Venice. After breakfast and coffee, I felt abit more like an actual person. Spotted some street markets..

Venetian Masks

The Rialto Bridge

Gondolas

and arrived at St Mark's Basilica. The most famous of Venice’s churches, an example of Byzantine architecture. It used to be the chapel for Venice's rulers but now it is the seat for the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice. I might be all-churched out from my earlier travels, St Mark's still made an incredible impression on me. Due to the queue, I went past this place rather quickly and came back later to visit the interiors. The ceilings are mosaic, but again, photos are not allowed inside, so I can only say, it was amazing. I know, I have used this word, One too many times. Please google-image search this. It's worth it.

My next stop was actually the Galleria dell’Accademia di Venezia, but when I was there, it was closed for the day. Unfortunately, I did not get a chance to go back there again.

Headed for the Peggy Guggenheim Museum round the corner. A museum for modern art, I really liked Max Ernst's works inside. There were also Picasso, Dali and Pollock. This was my first modern art museum inside Italy and it was truly different from the rest of the museums that I had visited in Italy. But after going there, I was abit closer to understanding what the modern art movement was about and after Paris, I had a fresh respect for these artists and what they were trying to achieve.

My friend revitalized in the evening and had a friend at the Venice Film Festival. Yes, I WENT TO THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL at Lido(an island off Venice)!!!

Spotted Natalie Portman. AHHHHHHHH. We bought tickets for a movie to the Venice Film Festival for the next day.

Took the night boat back ..

Day 2:

Took the boat back to Lido to watch Below Sea Level (Italy / USA, Director Gianfranco ROSI)

The director was inside the auditorium but the introduction was in Italian. -l- So i couldn't understand what was happening. Anyway, the movie/documentary was so-so. But I watched a movie at the Venice Film Festival. WOAH ! We came out, explored the island a bit and went Island-hopping.

Next on our island hopping tour, we went to Murano. The island where the famed Murano glass came from, the shopping urge called out to me and I got Murano glass earrings and a big-ass glass ring.

I vaguely remember ending the day at a cafe by the canal reading a book and having dessert. It was meringue pie and strawberry tart. The book that I was reading came from our hostel which kindly had a bookshelf for its customers. But the book was Twilight, the new teen flick that is showing right now.

Day 3:
Our last day in Italy and the end of our trip, as much as I liked Italy, I was looking forward to having a warm meal, good bed and clean showers.

Started the day at a coffee shop, we couldn't miss it. The moment you stepped in, the strong scent of coffee would have grabbed you by the neck and shook you from your slumber.