Venice and 1st day in Switzerland

Hi all. Sorry I haven't posted for a while. We couldn't get Internet in Venice for the two nights we spent there and the only Internet we could find where we are staying is at a youth hostel where we can only get Internet for half an hour at a time, for 5 Swiss Franks. A lot has happened since the last post and I'll try to keep it short but detailed.

Venice

Venice is awesome. We arrived at around 2:30pm and it wasn't until 4pm when we checked in at the Bed & Breakfast we were staying at. We had a nice big dinner of various pasta dishes in a small restaurant/bar. Had a great time even with an Italian version of Big Brother playing in the background. It was actually slightly better than Aussie Big Brother because you couldn't understand anything. Add flamboyant gestures (it is, of course, Italy) and it was slightly entertaining.
Our second day in Venice was also our only full day, as we had to catch a train to Milan at 7:50 so we could get a connection to Switzerland. We went to Murano, a suburb of Venice and a separate island. We walked around a bit trying to find a good glass shop and even see if we can catch a glimpse of them making some glass objects. We stumbled across a shop called The Glass Factory (which is a major supplier to David Jones in Australia) and met a really nice man who took us on a mini tour of where they make the glass objects. While we were there we saw them making glass Mexicans!! The way they made them was amazing. They started with a long orange/yellow glass blob and made a head, arms and body out of it. They added some feet and a beard and then made a sombrero. Once this was done they started on a new one. We spent the rest of the day looking in glass shops and exploring the main island and some of its main tourist locations.

Switzerland

We have only been in Switzerland for a day or so, but even that short time has been enough to reveal how amazing it is. We are staying in a house on a lake surrounded by mountains covered in snow. When we woke up this morning it was snowing lightly and clouds covered the mountains. Gradually, though the clouds dispersed and by 9-ish in the morning it had developed into a beautiful day. We didn't do too much in the morning but in the afternoon we caught a rack railway which worked it's way over a mountain and down into a valley, giving spectacular views. We then explored a neighbouring village for an hour or so and caught the train back.
Tomorrow we are catching a train to Interlaken, another town on a lake, and then rack railing up to a 3454m high mountain. This should be really awesome, with spectacular views.




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PS sorry, but i don't have time to reply to replies -will have to wait til we get more wifi time