Alright lots to catch up on! So sad that we had to leave Corfu, it was so gorgeous there but alas, all good things come to an end! So off we went at 5am, very brutal, the ferry was late of course since everything in Greece runs on 'ish' time, meaning that everything happens when it feels like happening there's really no point in having a schedule for anything! But eventually it came and off we went onto our 24 hour ferry ride, and to be completely honest I slept for about 16 hours of it! Went to bed at 9am, slept till 5pm stayed up till midnight and then slept until 730am and then we drove the last little bit to Venice and I have to say, I didn't like Venice at all really. Though on the way there we stopped in Verona to see Juliette's balcony and for a rest, so we did a bit of shopping, had some lunch, lunch consisted of gelato haha! Anyways, our hotel in Venice was the absolute worst accomodation we've had thus far, we weren't in the city cuz it's like 400 dollars per night to be in the city so I'm not really 100% sure where we were but either way it was soo scuzzy!! Me and Erin had to share a bathroom with 4 other men, old Italian men for that matter and the bathtub was gross, so I showered there once, and since Ian and David had a room with an ensuite I showered there afterwards cuz at least it was clean! The city itself I didn't really enjoy because I found it super hard to navigate and there's so many places to get lost, not to mention the sheer volume of people that are in the city, and it was so expensive, the only thing we really saw was the Basillica (from the outside) and the Ponte di Rialto I think is how it's said, and that was pretty cool, then out of nowhere there came the freak thunderstorm that lasted about 45 mins and we got absolutely drenched! However at least it let up and we did manage to go on the gondola ride at the end of the day, but yea, I wasn't too satisfied with Venice but at least now I can say that I've done it and I know that I wouldn't go back so it's good that way I suppose. The gondola was nice though, very slow, very scenic, so I did enjoy that at least!
This morning we left our scuzzy hotel (yayyy!) for lovely Vienna, and I have to say that when we were driving there I totally felt like I was back in BC, it was all mountains and trees, it was gorgeous and yet I was strongly reminded of Heidi haha so I found that kind of funny! We had two service stops on the way and both of them were awesome, haha there was one that was called the Hansel and Gretel service stop and it was the most adorable thing ever!! It looked like a little candie house, super cute! Anyways, we got into Vienna at about 5pm tonite, and we're staying in the most awesome hostel! And I've already gotten lost! WOOT! haha! I'll get to that in a minute though. We had some time before we had to leave the hostel to go into town, so we got to check out our cute little rooms and that was good, and then we did a short tour on our bus and learned a little bit, though I didn't retain much now that I think about it! But oh well! Then we did a walkabout dinner, which is basically a fend for yourself kind of thing and that was good, I had like the best chicken soup of my life omg it was sooooo good! And then after we left the resturant we stumbeled upon this guy who was playing classical music on water glasses it was amazing! He was soo good, and super funny! Anyways, then we decided to come home instead of waiting for the coach because we didn't want to wait, so it took us ages to find the metro station and then we went all of 3 stops, and then promptly realised that we had no idea how to get from the station back to the hostel, so we wandered a little, not far from the station though, and then we tried looking at a few of the maps and that didn't work that well, haha then finally we asked a guy at the station and he told us where the right exit from the station was, cuz there's exits on like every floor of that thing! Anyways, we did eventually get home hahah so that was good, tomorrow is a full day in the city and it will be amazing I'm sure, I'm really looking forward to it and then we get to visit the Schnapps Museum tomorrow afternoon :D should be good fun! Then afterwards is a lovely Viennese dinner, mmmmm pork schnitzel!!! Can't wait!!!
Cheers!!
-Holly
P.S only 10 days left, AHHH!
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