It was a lovely day in Venice, on the opening day of the Carnevale. We took two double-decker buses of international students and split up during the day. Mary and I went exploring the non-so-touristy areas of the city... like the residential parts... which is an exciting way to suggest that we may have taken a few too many weird turns.
In the more crowded streets we saw lots of peole dressed up in fancy costumes - which, we were told by a costume maker, can cost around E3.500!
It was lovely to hear the Venetian accent, and funny to watch Mary's puzzled look as she understood none of it ;)
We came across a Vivaldi / musical instrument exposition, which was really cool as there were some of his original pieces and old, unique instruments.
Also visited the beautiful Basilica di San Marco..
And we faced a ridiculous crowd of people when we were about to leave at 17:00... it took me about ten minutes to cross a ~20m bridge because it was literally packed with people. This was the view...
But we finally made it home around 10pm, quickly got changed for a party and some clubbing :)
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