the end of another great week

i can't believe that we are halfway done with our adventure! two weeks from the very early 

hours of tomorrow morning we are kissing this beautiful city goodbye. time flies!

we ended up going to venice on friday, which was awesome! it's the most adorable little place, and definitely a stereotypical italian town. there were no cars in the central part of the city, because the streets (or sidewalks, i guess?) were extremely narrow, and all the buildings were colorful and really tall. it was kind of like walking through a giant maze. pretty cool :) there was blown glass everywhere! so many things i wanted to buy, but glass would be a little tricky to get home. and also, there was a lot of high end shopping...very cool to see :) side note-a trend here in italy seems to be men wearing purple moccasins...im trying to convince kameron to get a pair but he's not to excited about that idea ;)

venice is probably my new favorite place in the entire world. we ate at a super cute/nice water front restaurant when we were waiting for our gondola ride. kameron had a seafood pizza, complete with like 4 WHOLE baby octupusses (octopi?)...and yes, he made me eat one. it wasn't that bad, but not something i'd choose to eat on a daily basis. we got on our gondola around 330 pm, accompanied by a singer and an accordian player. SO COOL! when i booked the trip i kind of didn't want a serenade but there was no option not to have it. but i think we are both kind of glad they guys were there. they were both amazing, and so many people stopped on the bridges to watch/listen to them :) after our ride was over we walked around the city for a little longer, and then went and caught our train a little early. 

hopefully i will remember to update this again in a few days!

miss and love you all :) :)

emily