Grado, Italy!

This morning, we got up and rode a gondola through the canals of Venice! It was beautiful! The guy rowing our boat thought we were together at one point. It was pretty funny! He was very nice though. We then headed to get on a water taxi to go back to the train station. It was so hot and dozens of people were crammed onto one boat. To make matters worse, the guy in front of us decided to balance himself by putting his arm in the air. I almost passed out it smelled so bad!! We finally made it to the train which was exhausting! We were headed for Grado, Italy...a little beach town. Turns out, we missed the place we were supposed to get off by about 5 seconds. We got off on the next stop which was Monfalcone, Italy. As usual, I hopped off the train and almost in a daze followed the big yellow backpack in front of me. I heard my dad say, "Hey!" I thought who in the world could we know in this tiny little town. It was the missionaries! I was so excited for some reason. Maybe because we had something in common with them or because they spoke English. It was a little piece of home. They both ended up being from Utah...Riverton and Spanish Fork. They were very nice and helped us figure out where to go next. I'm glad we saw them! Well, then we walked a few miles to the bus station and then were on our way to Grado. It is beautiful here! We went to the beach which was so relaxing! If you walk from the beach into the ocean, you'll go for about 1/2 a mile until you can't touch. It's beautiful! The people on the beach are a completely different story. Most of them shouldn't be wearing the swimsuits they're wearing. What a great day!!