ITALY - Part I

When i first planned for 13 days in Italy, I was quite apprehensive. Sure, people told me that Italy was nice and all, but would 13 days be an overload of sculptures and smelly Italian men? And of course, the fact that I would be giving up my last 2 weeks to be with Fang and stay in my cosy little room for the last time. By going, it meant that i only had 1 day left in Rouen before my lease was up.

But it turned out that the Italy trip was FANTASTIC! Ups and downs for sure, and bearing with the heat was a little trying sometimes (nope, dont remind me that Singapore would be 35 degrees. I know.) And I definitely got a lot darker. NOOOOO! but pasta everyday, and going from waterbuses in Venice to the Medieval City Florence to dirty but very charming Naples blessed with crystal clear waters and lastly the scultures and arts of Rome and of course, Vatican City.

When we first reached Milan, guess what we saw? STRIKE! :P

I thought this was really cool. A contrast of sorts. Old and architecturally artistic station combined with chic and modern D&G poster. I think it sums up Europe really nicely. Or rather what it is trying to achieve.

VENICE


My favourite city of all. I think that partly, it's because they have no old towns or metros, which i was beginning to get sick of. Instead, they have waterbuses which run 24 hours and they brought us everywhere, from the mainland Venice to the neighbouring islands. 25 euros for 3 days unlimited. Expensive yes, but I expected it. Touristy yes, but nonetheless it didnt take away the charms of the island.

Took this picture on our waterbus from the railway station to our hostel in a nearby island Lido. Breathtaking right?


Venetian masks.


We took a nice stroll around Venice at night and were pleasantly surprised to see that the night scene was so pretty! Armed with Isaac's little tripod, we set out to take many photos. San Marco square was our favourite place for night shots. It was slightly flooded though, because Venice is sinking and the water level is rising and that square is one of the lowest areas of Venice. Imagine uppity restaurants with live classical emsemble playing away for their guests, artists trying to sell their paintings and many couples strolling along the streets.


First Harry's bar

And lastly, Burano, one of the islands. You should definitely go! There's lots of colourful houses there. Isaac and I tried hard to remember the Nippon ad, but we couldn't. Took lots of pretty pictures!

This post is too long, I will continue with Florence, Pisa, Naples and Rome in the next post. :D