Late Italy and Southern France blog, Logan Doughty

For my first time in Venice, it was simply amazing. The busy canals are legendary and it was so good to be let loose in the town to walk to the famous Rialto Bridge. In our walk to the bridge we saw so many shops filled to the brim with the iconic Venetian glass, which by the way, is extremely expensive. Although in the cheap “Moroccan” stalls I managed to get something for friends. Somehow we managed to end up on the other side of the river without crossing the Rialto Bridge, but caught back up to the group anyway. We went to the Famous Saint Marco plaza and Church, which I personally believe the plaza out shone the Church. The most expensive thing we could find was a near 38,000 euros. We caught a ferry back to the station, which was a fantastic way to see Venice.

After a gruelling over night train ride we got to Beaucaire, southern France. Our “holiday inside our holiday.” The hotel is amazing, which FREE wifi and a awesome pool. The highlights for Beaucaire are the Pont du Gard, the Maison Carrée. The Pont Du Gard takes your breath away, and took a little something more from JAdams. The Maison Carrée was a stand out for me because we study it in class and it was so surreal to be seeing something we have been studying for a term.

Avignon offered us the Palais des Papes, which is a thriving town still inside the walls of the fortress. We got lost a bit on the way, but it was just a crazy way to take first place in the convoy. And today we went to Orange and we visited the amazingly well preserved theatre, which Joe demonstrated the acoustics very well. Next was the Arch of Augustus which I did a speech on, and which went well, and it looked unbelievable.

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