​ After our little 4 hour detour in Florence, we finished our trip from Pisa, finally arriving in Venice. Venice was unbelievable, and unlike anything I have ever seen before, and I think it was one of my favorite highlights of the whole trip. Even though it's quite pricy, and there is not much to do there, the ambience of being in a city completely surrounded by canals was unbelievable.  When we first arrived, we checked into our air bnb per usual, which this time is in more of a residential area, in Marghera instead of right in Venice city. Our room was the romatique suite with a shared kitchen space with a few other tenets. Breakfast was included in our stay every morning, and it was like a Christmas morning feast everyday. It was incredibly delicious, packed with many, many options. {Pro Tip: Staying in the actually city of Venice is quite pricy, so in order to save money, look for accommodation close to the city with an easy transportation system to g...

Our first train to travel to Venice was from Pisa to Florence, which we purposely scheduled with a four hour layover in Florence to be able to explore a bit. The morning of travel I immediately regretted the layover option because we were about half way through our trip at this point and slowly becoming exhausted, but in the end, I'm glad we did it anyways.  Sitting on the top of the double decker train  Florence is such a beautiful city, as is most of Italy, but it has such a charm to it that is unique to just Florence. When we first arrived, we wandered through some of the leather markets to make our way to the town square. Since it was just a layover, we had to bring all of our stuff with us as well, which meant for about four hours we looked like major tourists and I got an amazing workout in.   In the square you will find Piazza del Duomo, Florence Basilica, & Santa Maria del Fiore. These buildings are so breathtakingly beautiful, and they ...