In a downpour will the streets of Venice flood???

Well the answer is yes. It absolutley poured down on us there. The morning however was really nice. We got really lost at first. We had walked all the way across the downtown core without knowing it. There are no cars on the small streets and all transportation is on the canals (around 180 of them) and of course walking on the 415 or so bridges. We found a lot of the sites we wanted to see in the morning such as the oldest church in Venice and a few statues that we accidently came accross. Then it started to pour with rain. At first we hid in a cafe eating a cheap slice of pizza and then just decided to get wet. Well it just would not let up so we bought 2 unbrellas and walked around in the rain until we came across san marco square. And it was flooded. I mean water up to Megans knees flooded. We splashed and ran around in the puddles though and people just stood and stared at us from under the canopys. We did manage to get some great video though of Megan dancing in the rain and my feet under water. Even all the stores were flooded inside. Finally the rain stopped and then everyone else came out to play and take photos in the puddles. We went stragiht the cathedral of San Marco which was also flooded out so they put up bridges over the 8 inches of water for tourists to walk across to get in. We walked around for another hour or so after that in the puddles and streets until we decided to take the ferry back to our campsite.

Had yet another great meal of cheeze toasties (grilled cheeze) for dinner and went down to the bar where we played cards with a American from California and 2 germans from Dussledorf near Koln. The American tought us a game called slam which was basically just snap which I played when I was 3 but a few beers later the game was actually a lot of fun. That and the germans kept losing. Then we tought them a game we learned in Scotland called shithead and the kept losing at that as well. It was a great night at the fusina bar.

This morning we got up and drove to Ravenna which was a bit of a dive so we kept on going and then on to Bolonga which was also a dive but with crazy drivers. We narrowly missed getting in a accident when a guy decided he wanted to to get off the roundabout from the inside lane and just cut right in front of me. I slammed on the brakes hard and swerved a little and missed him by inches. Also mopeds run red lights and drive on either side of the car when there is no lane. A 2 lane road just means there is enough for 3 lanes....I kid you not.

Anyways we got to Florance and could not for the life of us find the campsite. Either one of two would have been great. After about an hour for driving around the subburbs to Florance (which are dirty and crappy) we decide to get on the highway for teh first time and just pay the tolls. WE drove for about 10min and I caught a glimpse of the campsite and luckily enough found it no problem after. And that is wehre we are right now and off to Florance tomorrow. Hopefully tomorrow will be another great adventure. It always is.