Mini Stop Four: Venice

Venice was absolutely BEAUTIFUL. The sun was shining and there wasn't a cloud in the sky! The water and the buildings were sparkling, and it smelled like the sea. :) We were glad for the nice weather after our past few days of cold and rain. We had a two hour layover there, so we explored a little bit around the train station, took some pictures, and got some lunch. We sat on the steps of the train station soaking up the sun. I got a keychain and one last cup of gelato. Then sadly we had to board our train to Innsbruck which would take us to Salzburg. This train had coaches with individual rooms (like on the Hogwarts Express!) and that was pretty cool, until we got kicked out of our seats (we didn't have specific seat reservations) and we didn't know how that worked. So we were seatless for a while until we found some open seats. But the ride to Innsbruck was really pretty as we entered the Alps. Once we got to Innsbruck it was dark and cold, and we switched to our last train that would take us to Munich. It was a really nice train, and very roomy. After almost 12 hours of traveling, we made it to Salzburg.