Monday, May 28, 2018

I took a flight to Venice Treviso on Monday 20th November at 15:35. We flew above Dolomite mountains with snow. When we were arriving to the airport I watched sunset from the plane. Then I found a bus which took me to the city center. I stayed with my friend Maurizio in the hotel Gardena above canal. We had a well furnished room. We went to walk around the city and we had dinner in a restaurant where I ordered spaghetti with cuttlefish. The following day it was a nice weather, sunny but not warm. We had a breakfast in a hotel and we walked to the St. Mark's Square.


Then we walked around the city, admiring architecture and watching gondolas. Maurizio bought me a carnival mask on a square in Venice and I wore it for some time. 



We spent a good time together and then we had dinner in a restaurant where I ordered pizza with seafood. Then we went to a train station and Maurizio went to Milan while I went to Verona. I stayed with my friend Giamba from couchsurfing. I had met him in Prague before around 7 years ago. It was already late evening when I got to his place. Giamba had to go to work on Wednesday and I woke up late but we met for lunch and we went to the restaurant Locanda Lo Speziale. I had chicken with potatoes and pumpkin, it was very tasty. Giamba had to return to his work at the university and I went to visit the city. I walked to Arena and afterwards to the city center. I visited Casa di Giulietta which is not particularly interesting and then I walked to Tomba di Giulietta. 


In the evening I went to a couchsurfing meeting in the bar Osteria Ai Preti. There were many people but I didn't know anybody there. I spent some hours there and I talked to several people and then someone accompanied me back home. 
On Thursday Giamba worked in the morning but he was free in the afternoon. We went to the Caffeteria Fuoricorso where we had lunch. I had Cuttlefish with peas and polenta. 


We walked up the hill where we had a view on the city. We watched a sunset there. Then we crossed a bridge and we returned to the city center. We went to a Christmas market and then Chocolaterie where we drank hot chocolate with whipped cream.
I left Verona on Friday afternoon. I met Giamba before I left and we had a lunch in Locanda Lo Speziale again. I took a bus to Munich but it was more than one hour delayed. The journey took around 6 hours and we got there late, it must have been around 11pm when we arrived. We crossed Austria on the way and it was quite cold, we saw snow. My friend Christian whom I already visited in Munich before came to pick me up at the bus station. We decided to have dinner in McDonald's because it was already quite late. I ate chicken and chips.
On Saturday we went to the city center and we walked around but it was rainy. We went to a cake shop and we had dinner in an Indian restaurant. In the evening we went to a Christmas market.



We visited Neuschwanstein Castle on Sunday. It was sunny weather firstly but then it was snowing. 
The Neuschwanstein Castle is an impressive palace with many decorated rooms and paintings. 


We bought excellent sushi for lunch in the Chinese shop and we ate it at home. Then Chris accompanied me to the bus station. I took a bus to Prague and I arrived in the evening around 11pm.