Carnival 2/14

Hey! So last weekend my roommates and I went to Venice for Carnival. Our flight was only about 2 hours and we arrived at our "hotel" at about 8pm. We walked into the front room of the hotel only to find that it is in fact a hostel. And the man at the desk proceeded to tell us that we would be staying in another building of the hostel. He then brought us to a sketchy apartment building and led us into a room with bunk beds. The area that the hostel was in did not look very safe and the accommodations were terrible. We felt like we were in a horror film. So we went to argue with the man at the desk to get our money back and find somewhere else to stay. Courtney and Alex went across the street to another hotel and found that they had openings at a sister hotel. So Jen and I argued with the man explaining that the website read that the hotel had a mini fridge, tv, and private bathroom in each room and what we were taken to was nothing like that. The owner of the hostel came to speak with us and eventually agreed to give us back our money.

After thinking that we were going to have to spend the night in a horror movie, anything seemed better. So we made our way over to the sister hotel of the one across the street. The owner of that hotel was so kind and gave us a discount for the weekend. The hotel was called Hotel Nice and it was the cutest hotel I have ever seen. I had the best shower that I have had in a month and the best sleep that night. Friday we met up with Michele and Jacki coming from Florence and we spent the day exploring the city of Venice. This was the day before the start of Venice Carnival so it was nice to see the city without all of the maks and parades. Venice is the most beautiful city that I have seen in Italy thus far. That night we just got wine and dinner at a cute restaurant and got home early so we could be up for Carnival on Saturday.


Carnival was ridiculous. We had bought our masks on Friday so once we got on the island we put them on and started exploring. There were people all over the city dressed up in ridiculous and lavish costumes. We had a blast just being in the city taking in the beauty and tradition of Carnival. Venice was a great city that I hope to return to some day.