Day 33 - Firenze to Venice

We got up and checked out by 10am and then garbbed Dave and walked around abit and grabbed a Doner at noonish. They have awesome Doner´s here in Italy (shaved meat off a huge turning slab of meat, veggie´s, with a special sauce wrapped in a pita). Afterwards we just wandered abit more, then caught the 1:30 train to Venice.

Dave decided that he wasn´t ready to say goodbye to us yet and decided he´d ditch his mom and sister for the night and come with us to Venice. We caught a train and got to Venezia at 4:30ish, and again, got picked up right away by somebody looking to fill their hotel. So we went with him and the place ended up actually being an apartment with a washroom, kitchen and table, and one bedroom. The bedroom had a king size bed and a single, so us boys took it, and there was also a single bed in the kitchen/dining room/entrance for Anne. He gave us the whole place for 80 Euro; pretty sweet deal. The apartment wasn´t even in the hotel, but down a couple blocks and down an alley. The location was actually really sweet cause it was right off one of the major roads. The alley was kinda cool too.

We dropped our bags off and went to the grocery store to get a bunch of food for supper. Since Dave is a chef by trade, we let him grab whatever he wanted and then we´d all just spit it 4-ways. He came back and Dave started cutting veggies, Rob went to use the internet, and me and Anne had a beer. We decided that we couldn´t eat and drink all night without tunes and Dave had noticed an electronic store on the corner, so i went down and bought a small pair of speakers so we could rock out to the ipod all night. They were worth every penney.

The rest of the night we spent hanging out in our little apartment, eating, drinking, and singing. Dave made us a chicken cacciatore type meal with wine sauce, veggies, and anchovies, and we had shrimp and salad as appetizers. The whole thing was really good. We drank a whole bunch of vino, a bottle of champagne, and a bunch of beers. Was a really fun night. At one point us 3 guys went out for a walk, and it was kinda creepy cause the streets were completely deserted and there was a small mist or fog over the canals. We messed Dave up really good during our last night together, then me and Rob went to bed. Anne made it through dinner, then passed out, so it was a boys night.