Italy Day 7: The Trek Home Begins

And our last day begins. We were so very sad to leave. We. Loved. Every. Minute. No words will really do justice to just how incredible of a vacation we had. Here is one last shot of us before we boarded the vaporetti on Guidecca. 

We had to have one last gelato. Yes, it was 9 in the morning. Did we care? Nope. haha. Hunter wanted the last thing he ate in Italy to be gelato and I as happy to oblige. 

Shortly after finishing our gelato, we boarded the boat that took us to the airport. It was about an hour ride in total. Towards the end of the trip, we got pulled over. Who knew that there were police patrolling over the waters? It makes sense thinking about it, especially when that is their main means of travel. This time more than any other was when we wished we could understand Italian. There was a very heated conversation going on between our driver, the driver of another boat (that I'm guessing our driver offended by his speed), and the policeman. How we wished we could have understood exactly what was going on. Most of us passengers (I'm guessing there were about 50?) thought it was humorous at first, but as it kept taking longer and longer we all began to get a little worried about making to the airport in time. But, all worked out in the end and we got to experience getting pulled over in Venice. I bet not many people can say that!

We then boarded the plane for home. We had a layover in JFK, then on to Salt Lake. Good bye Italy, you were oh so good to us. Ideally, we WILL see you again!

This picture is one I took just a couple days ago.

We never actually tried sparkling water while we were there. They give you the option every time we stopped to eat but we generally had our own water bottle and opted to not spend the extra 3-5 euro. We were tempted though, just never got around to it. It appears that the United States is coming around to this strange European trend and is now selling sparkling water in gas stations just in case we ever get the desire to try it out. 

A few weeks later, we are adjusted back to normal life pretty well. Although we still wish we were walking around Italy - Rome or Venice or really any Italian City would do I think.