This weekend was quite the adventure! My roommates and I decided to to take an overnight trip to Venice. We had absolutely no idea that Venice was so huge, so when we booked our air b&b we tried to just book a place in an area that looked central to everything. Well, when we got off the train in Santa Lucia, we discovered the place we were staying was on a completely different island called Cavalino Treporti. It took two fares to get to Cavallino. I was freaking out because I had no idea where we were going and I had wanted to experience the touristy parts of Venice, such as taking a ride taking a ride in a gondola or walking around St. Mark’s plaza. That did not happen. After around two hours of sitting in a fare we finally made it to Cavallino, but we were still nowhere close to our air b&b. We thought we would try and walk towards the general area of where we were staying. After 30 minutes of walking and still not being where we needed to be, we broke down and asked for help from someone who worked at a convenience store nearby. She had never even heard of the street of where we were staying. Thankfully, we got in contact with the owner of the house were were staying in and she gave us explicit instructions and were finally able to find her. I would say the entire trek to get to where we were staying probably took around five hours. I was exhausted and it was the first time I wished I was back home in Texas. I just wanted my parents to tell me what to do and where to go. We rested for a little while and then decided to try and salvage the rest of the night by going out to eat at a really nice restaurant called Trattoria Laguna. Trattoria Laguna was incredible! I ordered a pizza with salmon on it, and I tried mussels for the first time, so that was interesting! The entire time we were looking out at the water and it was incredible. The chef asked us where we were from and when we said “Texas” he laughed so hard and asked us how on earth did we find Cavallino. Cavallino is not a tourist town and is very low key. It may not have been the exact part of Venice I wanted to see, but it was very unique to see how Italian life really is. My attitude quickly changed back to being thrilled to be in Italy. I absolutely love it here and I am glad that we were able to experience something different this weekend!