Our train left pretty early, 8:37am, and we took a nice three hour ride into Venice. I had had a sore throat the night before, but today, I felt very bad. I was just drained, my neck was swollen, and my head felt heavy. I took some Tylenol sore throat medicine to bounce back. I took a nap until 2:40 and met up with the majority of the group. I didn’t feel great, but I was not incapacitated. I really did not want to miss anything, and I went out just as the group was leaving. We went on a boat taxi from the nearby stop from our hotel on the grand canal to the Academia.
We took pictures on the nearby bridge and then walked to the Casa Artome that is owned by Wake Forest. We took a tour of the house and met the seven Wake students that were studying there for 6 weeks. The house was beautiful and overlooked the Grand Canal. We relaxed there until about 4:45 and left for a nearby piazza that Dr. Bob told us was the place where all the young locals ate dinner. Upon our arrival, we saw dogs, children with their families, and teenagers all hanging out in the square. The group split up, and a large number of us went and ate at a restaurant nearby. We sat down at about 5:00 and ate for two hours. I had lasagna that was pretty good.
We hung around for a while but walked back after grabbing some gelato. The night ended early, but the day seemed very long. I felt better once I had some food and water in me, but I still was not one hundred percent.
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