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Venice

As soon as I arived in Venice I bought an ACTV travel card for one day which I would use to get to my destinations around Venice. When I arrived next to one of the water buses I was greeted with a friendly “Cio, come siete?” which means “Hello, how are you?” in Italian. I then set out to see the many attraction around Venice.

My favourite site was the The Basilica di San Marco. Saint Mark's Basilica is a monument made unique by both its wealth of history and has a magnificence interior. It was a splendid workshop, where through the centuries, great Italian and European artists worked. Its distinguishing Byzantine character appears particularly on the great mosaics illustrating St. Marco's tales, as well as the scenes of the Old and New Testament. I decided to go there because of the history I had learned about in high school.

I then took a Gondola to my next attractions The Frari, it was very nice. I then visited some more places like the The Scuola Grande di San Rocco, San Giorgio Maggiore and then later that night, I went to the Paradiso Perduto.