So this Sunday our group, which we have officially named the West Coasters, made our way to the lovely city of Venezia! My hopped on a bus which took us to Pordonone where we then proceeded to buy tickets for our train ride to Venice! The train ride took about 45 minutes and before we knew it we were looking out at one of the most breath taking cities ever! Last time I was in Venice was about 7 years ago and I saw it through a tour group, so this time my plan was to just wander, get lost, and find my way back when I needed to! Kari was meeting a friend in San Marco's square so we headed straight for that at first. We realized we didn't know where the heck we were walking so Dom finally asked someone and we were told it was in the complete opposite direction about 30 min walk away!!! Once we finally made it to the square, we took some pictures and Kari met up with her high school friend. Dom also left to go hang out with his old friend, so now there was just 4 of us which was excellent! Since no one had any desire to see anything specific I suggest we just walk, so that's exactly what we did! I started taking all these back alleys and turns not knowing at all where the heck I was going. I took one alley and all of a sudden it got completely dead silent! It was a gorgeous sight and was so peaceful! We were the only 4 people there, so we just sat there for a few minutes and took it all in! Next thing I knew, I heard this bellowing low voice coming from around the corner. A gondola came riding by with a man singing with an accordian, followed by 4 more gondolas! It was such an amazing 10 minutes, so if any of you make it to Venice I totally suggest simply getting lost and wandering...you never know what you can find! Once we decided to move, we continued checking out random alleys and came across this pub called "devil's forest". So we decided to stop in and grab a beer and relax out of the sun for a while! Speaking of which, the weather was absolutely wonderful! I was a little worried since it was a little gloomy in Aviano but by the time we made it to Venice it couldn't have been more beautiful! After our beer we decided to do some shopping, of course, I mean we are girls now! :) After shopping we had about 2 hours to spare so we hit up with Caffe where we all decided to try a Spritz which is an Italian drink. Basically, I'll just say that I won't be ordering another one of those, but I'm glad I tried it! We all then met back up at the train station and made our way back home successfully! Exhausted, we all headed straight to bed, preparing for our first day of "real" work the next day!
First day of work, Friday, was long and absolutely taxing! We started at 12:45 and got set up for everyone to come! Since it was such a gorgeous day out there were masses of people at the pool! Think memorial day weekend times 2! So we all worked until 7pm and then went back to the dorms. Kari and I came back at 8 and worked the pool party that night for 15 little boys which wasn't too bad! I was exhausted, to say the very least, so I went straight to bed after that!
Yesterday, Saturday, was not as long. I worked from 11:45-7pm which was a decent day of work and a decent amount of people! The funny thing is that the Aviano weather gods can't make up their mind about the weather! The day started out wonderfully sunny and warm, around 1pm there was thunder and lightning so we had to kick everyone out. An hour and a half later we let everyone back in and it got sunny again! Then it started to sprinkle and then suddenly down pour which was hilarious since all of us on the lifeguard stands were standing in the rain in just our bathing suit and shorts! We had to kick everyone out of the deep end because it was raining so hard we couldn't see the bottom, then it stopped raining so hard to we let them back in, and then it poured again so we had to kick them out again! The rain finally stopped and it just stayed a little cloudy for the final 2 hours! After work, group 1 got back from their water rafting trip and we all had dinner together out on the picnic tables! After dinner we watched the US world cup match and then all hung out the rest of the night! It was so much fun and I finally hit the sack around midnight!
Today is another long day of work from 11:45-7 and 8-10:30. Right now I'm going to go swim a little before work since we are required to swim at least a 500 a week! Ciao!
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