Just another day in paradise

So far the trip has been pretty amazing. We just got to Venice today from a train ride from Florence this morning. Florence was a short stop but there was a lot to see. On Friday we arrived in Florence and went to the Academia where Michelangelo's David was and spent some time in there looking at David and other sculptures and paintings. After seeing David we went to the Uffizi Gallery where the statue of David originally was and where now a copy of it stands in the square.

On Saturday we were up once again pretty early, had a quick breakfast and went to the Duomo and climbed either the tower next to the Duomo or the Duomo; I chose the Duomo. After climbing the Duomo the group met again and some of us went to Sienna where we walked around the town and visited a huge church and saw some lady get arrested. I have no idea why she got arrested but we figured she jumped in someone's car that was driving through town. The cars I think were in a race or something because they looked like old style race cars and some were pretty fancy BMW's and sports cars. After Sienna we went back to Florence and had some free time for the rest of the night and I walked around the town. Oh and I called my parents and talked to them for a little while after we ate supper and got some free wine.

Today (Sunday) we took a train to Venice and it is absolutely one of the best places we've been so far. Even though it's surrounded by water and to get from one island to the other you have to take a boat, it's still really neat. So far we just have had free time and have been walking around and looking at the shops. Tomorrow or tonight sometime I am hoping to go on a gondala ride at night through the town's canals. That's all for now I'll keep you all posted as I can.