Will Cole
Yesterday we unfortunately had to leave Florence and headed to Venice which was just breathtaking. Venice and Florence were definitely 2 of the places I was looking forward to the most and they both lived up to expectation, Florence had absolutely stunning scenery and architecture, most of the building there are older than our country, and Venice had incredible buildings as well, but the best feature of Venice was the canals. The canals were unbelievable, it was like going into assassins creed. It was also amazing seeing all the gondolas and boats on the canals and that they are there main transport around the city.
We only stayed in Venice for about 6 hours but those hours have been some of the best on the trip so far. We first saw the Rialto bridge and San Marco square which were both incredible. The San Marco square was a massive uncovered area surrounded by large columns with shops around the outside and a magnificent church at one end so this was definitely one of the highlights of Venice.
We then went to see the Bridge of Sighs which was great and then took a ferry up the grand canal. The view from the ferry was absolutely stunning as you cold see all the large churches and domes on both sides of the shore so in summary Venice and Florence have probably been my two favourite places so far but Rome did amazing tourist sites.
We are in France on a train to Avignon at the moment. We are all knackered as the overnight train was not the best place to sleep as the rooms were seriously small but it's really exciting to be in France. So far the trip has been amazing so I'm looking forward to another incredible 2 weeks.
