Yeah, I don't think so, Angelo....

So, on a scale of 1 to shady, where do you rank being offered a free gondola ride for a kiss? Factor into this that gondola rides? Apparently have a set price, city-wide, of 100 Euro. Maybe 80 if you push it or they're really trying to get your business. So yeah, that's fairly creepy and no, buddy, I am not gonna call you.

Otherwise, Venice is so, so beautiful! I arrived yesterday around 1pm and just could not get over how gorgeous this place is. I could cry about it. Seriously. I'm so glad I switched my plans and came here. There are so many cute little alleys and streets to wander, dozens of picturesque little bridges. Course, my photos from here are gonna be like: canal shot, canal shot, oh yep another canal shot, oh look a bridge.....Not too original

My hostel is the worst so far (random door in an alley, loud music outside the window at night). But at least it's an all girls dorm room and I managed to sleep like the dead even w/ the noise and heat. So far today we've seen the Piazza San Marco, a TON of churches, the Rialto bridge, shopped a little, and taken the water bus down the Grand Canal. Now we're gonna get lunch and then find a gelaterie and eat our ice cream dangling our feet in the water because we are pretty much the coolest people in the world at this moment.

Anyway, better dash b/c I'm getting hungry. Tomorrow I head to Rome and I'll check in from there.