Venice

Last weekend, Chuck and I took a one-day trip to Venice.  It's only a two and a half hour train ride from Modena and we only transferred once at Bologna.  Usually the wait time between trains has been less than fifteen minutes.  There is a road leading to the entrance of the city with a parking lot for cars, but transportation is entirely on water or on foot.  Being in the peak of tourist season, it was unbelievably crowded with people especially the lines for the ferries.  Not only was it overly crowded with tourists, but it was unbearably hot.  Unfortunately, I was feeling the early effects of heat exhaustion with nausea, dizziness, and a rapid pulse rate.  Staying hydrated and walking in the shade helped immensely.  Though I really wanted to ride in a gondola, we didn't since I felt sitting in the blaring and beating sun would not conducive to my well-being.  We were going to go to a museum (which we haven't been to any yet), but noticed you can get an exceptional deal of 18 euros for four museums versus 13 euros for one museum.  So we decided to visit again, stay for a weekend, and see more of the sights.