In May of this year, Zach and I took a Globus trip of the United Kingdom, which you can read about here. But we had already been on another Globus tour in August 2014 where we visited Italy. It was a nine-day journey from Venice to Sorrento and it is definitely worth writing about now (even if it is a year later). The tour guides we met in each city loved what they did and were excited to share all they knew. Our main tour guide, Ciro, was fantastic, and he kept us entertained during our trip across the country. Like the UK tour, we traveled by bus with about 32 other fantastic people!
We first flew into Venice Marco Polo Airport, and representatives from Globus picked us up, along with some other tour members, and took us to our hotel, the Hotel Carlton on the Grand Canal. Venice is a bunch of little islands completely surrounded by water, and there are no cars or roadways, only canals and boats. Because of this, we had to be dropped off a little ways from our hotel. But it was so gorgeous, and we were so delighted to be there that we didn't mind the walk at all. Globus took care of our luggage throughout the entire trip, so we didn't look ridiculous climbing the many stairs or cobblestone streets while in Italy. We rested up in our room for a few hours before we met Ciro and our traveling companions. After he went over some important information, we took a lovely stroll to a restaurant called Al Bacco Felice. Mama Mia! Here we had the most tasty spaghetti and fettuccine I have ever eaten. After lunch we treated ourselves to some biscotto and pistacchio gelato. For us, gelato wasn't just a treat...it was a meal in itself as we had some 3 or more times a day!
After our dinner, we walked back to the hotel and said goodnight to our group. We were both so excited to be there and couldn't wait for what was to come in our tour!
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