Weekend in Venice

Alli, Betty and I went to Venice this weekend- we got there on Friday and stayed until Sunday. It was so so nice to see Scott and his apartment. When I got out of the train station I couldn't stop smiling- it was literally the most beautiful place I have ever seen. So anyway, we mostly walked around and explored Venice. Nothing is more than an hour walk, which is great. We went to an outdoor show the first night near Scott's apartment and it was so cool to see old people and young people all dressed crazily and dancing around together. The second night we went to Piazza San Marco to a Sensation show. Sensation was the theme to Carnevale this year. Each region had their own sense- like sight, sound etc. San Marco is incredibly beutiful. We didn't go into the basilica yet but I definitely plan on going back to Venice and it will be a shorter line when the tourists have left. The population of Venice doubles during Carnevale. So anway it was very cool that there were no cars anywhere and taking the vaporetto (water taxi) was different.
I liked that the city felt very safe and small. Scott said that there are not a lot of young people in Venice.
Here in Florence, there are a lot of young people and I have to say that I don't feel as safe, but I think that once I learn how to navigate and speak a little bit of the language, I will feel more comfortable. I want to be in love with Florence like I was with Venice. I think that I just need to find a good comfort zone and routine. Having Alli here is great for that and I just had my first class so that will help too. I look forward to getting into the swing of classes and clubs. I want to join the Cinema Club and the Wine Tasting Club. I think that watching Italian films will be great and I can put my knowledge of wine tasting that I learn in my class to use.
I just had Italian 101 this morning at 9 and I have Media Ethics later on today.
A note about the internet- I am in the library right now becuase I don't have wireless in my apartment. I want it so badly but the plan is not very economical. It's like 150 euros to start and then 30 euros a month for only 3 hours per day...I might get it to use those three hours for social purposes. I want to skype and ichat with people. I really miss everyone and I am more homesick than I would like to be. It helped to travel and have things to do so I think that I should kepp doing that.
I hope to speak to you soon!