Written Saturday:
Yesterday we woke up to another satisfying breakfast at our hotel. We decided to head out on the boat and get off when we saw a stop that looked interesting. We got off at the Rialto stop to see the famous Rialto bridge. It is a gorgeous bridge with a beautiful view of Venice. After gazing over the water, we got back on the boat and rode it a ways before hopping off at a stop called Academia. We spent a bit of time there wandering through more twisting streets with beautiful buildings. As we saw a boat coming we ran to grab it. We soon realized however that it was going in the opposite direction we had intended to go. We got off and tried to make our way back to Academia. We asked at least 12 people for directions and they all sent us in a different direction from the last person. Venice is a wonderful place to get lost in. We eventually found our way back and took a boat to St. Mark's Square. While there, we toured through the Doge's Palace. It was a lovely building, filled with gorgeous paintings and architecture. Annie's favorite part was seeing the prisons in the basement of the palace along with the original graffiti left on the walls by the prisoners. After our tour, we grabbed a bite to eat and decided to spend some time riding up and down the Grand Canal. We got seats at the front of the boat and just enjoyed the view. That night we had a delicious dinner and spent our last night in our hotel in Venice.
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