Wednesday morning we got up and left early to travel to Venice. Venice is a city that is literally built on water so the only way to get around is to walk or take boats. It was beautiful upon arrival and I immediately fell in love with its uniqueness. We arrived around 2pm and after leaving our stuff at the hotel, Amanda, Christina, and I headed ot the train station to spend the day in Verona. Verona is the setting for Romeo and Juliet and a lovely little city. When we got off the train we tried to find the related tourist sites but we had a little bit of trouble. We went to the tomb of Juliet first, which was a bust. The tomb was just an empty box with a bunch of graffiti on it. So we asked the museum lady where the 'other' Juliet stuff was and she directed us to the city center. We got to see a lot of the stuff that was in the movie "Letters to Juliet". It was so cool seeing the infamous balcony and we even took our pictures posing with the statue of Juliet. We also found the "Letters to Juliet" club place in an upstairs room by the balcony. We got to read real letters that people across the world sent to Juliet and also write our own. Eventually, we found a nice pizza parlour for dinner and enjoyed a relaxing evening before catching a late train back to Venice.
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