Mary Tripped Out: June 25th

Time to head to Venice! However, once at the train station we learned there was a “blackout”. Not entirely sure what it meant, but basically something about people not being able to buy tickets until after 6pm. But we already had a ticket (we had a Eurail pass for Italy) we just needed reservations (some trains require you to reserve a seat beforehand, for an extra cost). Normally we wait in a ticket line to get reservations, but we were told we could just get on the train and pay the conductor. So we got on a train, but it seemed everyone else also got on the train, and without reservations that made it standing room only for us. We never did have to pay anyone since no one came through asking for tickets. But we did spend the whole ride to Venice sitting in the connecting hallway for two train cars. Luckily it wasn’t a long ride.

But yay Venice! Yay city of canals! At first we really hated the stairs up and down all the bridges that we were having to lug our luggage over, but once settled in our hostel things seemed quite nice. We got in a lunch of pasta (squid ink and clam sauce!) and explored the city, including a bottle of Prosecco. I'll post about dinner next.

Packed train