Venice- A city with no cars

Right now, I’m sitting in the airport in Milan waiting to get on my plane that will take me across the pond once again. My flight has been delayed almost 2 hours and I’d just like to be home. It’s beginning to look like I might miss the Third Eye Blind concert I was planning on going to tonight.

So, I spent yesterday in Venice. Let me tell you- it’s a pretty amazing city. I loved that there were no cars. We stayed in a lovely bed and breakfast just a few minutes from the school. The school is in one floor of one building. It’s truly a place where people from all over the world come strictly to learn to speak Italian. I was able to see one student’s apartment and speak with a few students about their time there. I sat in on a class as well. I was glad to have a few hours to walk around the city and get ready for the next morning’s trip to the airport. I ended up walking to Piazalle Roma and then took a bus from there to the airport. Luckily I got my ticket the day before because the ticket office wasn’t open at 5:15am.

If you are a student interested in learning to speak Italian, I really recommend our school in Venice (and also Tuscania, of course). I’d like to go back to Venice someday with a friend on vacation. I’m sure there is so much more of the city to see and it’s impossible to see it all in one day.

Gondola outside my window    2nd gondola outside my window         Market on a boat

Tables to walk on in flood    Venice    Istituto Venezia    School sign    Rialto bridge at night

B&B view from window    Students in class    Courtyard outside Istituto Venezia  

Building at night    Kitchen in apartment    Living room in apartment   

Bedroom in apartment   

~ by bccstudyabroad on November 17, 2007.