MoFoto: Vagabonds in Venice

Spring break 2012! Well, it's not really fair to call it a "break" for me as I have nothing official to take a break from. But that won't keep me from traveling! To start off the weekend, Aly and I hopped a cheap flight to Rome from Madrid (on good Friday), then, a night train up to Venice. This put us into the floating city at half past 5 in the morning, when the streets were clear of locals, vendors, and hoards of tourists (the latter known to flood the streets of this unique city constantly... even in the off season).

The vacancy of the city left us free to tour the narrow winding streets, passing over the turquoise water below via the 400+ bridges that make traveling on land possible in a city so dominated by gondolas, taxis, and water buses (vaporettos). That first morning, we walked for almost 3 hours straight before ultimately stopping for breakfast at one of the few cafes open before 10 am. in the still sleeping city. Soon after, we made our way towards Mestre (on the mainland) via bus where our, possibly Ukrainian, hostel concierge awaited our arrival for check-in.

After two full days and nights in the colorful city (not to mention a taste of easter vigil mass in St. Mark's basilica!), we lifted off of Italian soil and towards Northern Africa. There we had arranged plans to meet with my Brother, his Fiancé, and some good old family friends with whom we would stay for the better half of a week. More stories and fotos to come in the next post about...Tunisia.

Cheers!