Venice

One final post on the trip. We concluded by getting up Sunday morning and dashing out of Padova to catch our train to Venice. We made it with some time to spare, and enjoyed a relatively peaceful ride through the Italian countryside. As we came closer, we saw it:

Yes, we had finally arrived in Venice. We really didn't have any sort of plan to speak of, other than our departure time of 4 pm, so we bought a map of the city and began to wander.

Now, I'm as obsessed with bridges as I am with reflections, so Venice was a magical city for me. The bridges were superb, and great fun to photograph.

Details, also, were fun to observe as we moved between cities. I really enjoyed looking at the intricate metalwork that was similar throughout entire cities, but different between them. Each place had its own distinct style. Venice was no different, so I captured plenty of images of the little details.

Of course, everyone loves the symmetrical views down the waterways with the bridges spanning in the distance and gondolas floating along, so I took some of those as well.

In the end, Venice was an absolutely beautiful city, if touristy. But given that this is nearing summer-time, that's to be expected. I'm glad that I was able to visit this early in the year, because I expect that the city (and Italy in general) will only get more crowded as time goes on.

Eventaully, we had to bid farewell to Venice, and caught our train home. We were on a EuroStar, a "fast" train, but it still took us about 5 hours to get back. We arrived about 10 o' clock and took a little bus back to Trestevere, and home.