Dear Reader(s),
This weekend I went to 4 different places in Italy; Ferrara, Padova, Vigonza and Venezia.
The trip was arranged by Dani, one of the gang, and there was 10 of us in total. We had to get up extremely early on Saturday morning to catch an extremely early train to Ferrara, our first stop. Ferrara is a pretty and small city which I quite like. There was an outdoor market and despite the freezing cold the place was cute. At lunch time we went on our next train to our next stop: Padova, we ate our packed lunches on the train :) Padova I LOVE. It is beautiful and peaceful and I definitely want to return one day. It was all Christmassy with the outdoor market and Christmas lights. I got myself an icecream which was Ricotta, fig and honey flavoured - absolutely the best flavour of icecream I have ever had in my LIFE.
Next stop was Vigonza, but only for the night, we arrived quite late and Dani had found the best little hostel, it was literally just one small chalet run by the waitress who worked next door in the pizzeria. It had 10 beds, a kitchen and a bathroom and after we'd paid our 12€ each she came back with 2 free pizzas and a bottle of fizzy wine! Again, despite the freezing cold, we were all OK.
Up early again on the Sunday and we got our penultimate train to Venezia. Annoyingly it was an extremely foggy day and, again, freezing, but we made the most of the time there and saw as much as we could. Venezia, as everyone knows, is beautiful. I bought myself an authentic mask for a souvenir and it will forever be on my wall wherever I live, not just as a memory of Venice, but a memory of Erasmus and being a student :)
We got a train home late evening and with extremely cold and tired legs we were back in the residenza by 21.30 ready for a good long sleep!
My next trip is looking like Torino on 9th and 10th December, but we'll see...
A presto!
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