Better day

Best day.
After all of my worries and after all of our traveling going perfectly yesterday....
We made it to Venice. Walking out of the train station, deleriously, cautiously, I saw the water and the buildings and became immediately enchanted. (despite the fact that it was midnight and we had absolutely no idea where we were going to sleep.)
(we had a few hostel names and an address, but that was all.)

We wandered the streets, asking questions to people who might have known englsh. Everyone was so kind and beautiful. Upon first arriving, while looking for a map, I was incredibly overwhelmed with trying to orientate myself to the immediate cultural differences. "how d0es this city tick, and how do I get around... "... it took about a half an hour to understand (after looking at a map) that the taxis are actually the boats that I passed earlier. I guess it makes sense, but I hadnt thought about it before. (Btw, no apostraphes are being used because i cannot figure out this keyboard...)

We are exploring all day today, sleeping at the hostel that we found fairly easily with the aid of a taxi, and then we are catching a train back to milan or some other place close to the airport.

I love Italy.

(More than spain, but shhh. )