Today we started the day in Venice by taking a tour of the Pallazo Ducale (the Doge’s Palace) where the Doge, the elected leader of “La Serenissima” (the most serene) Republic of Venice lived and ruled.
After our tour, we had free time to explore the city, with some of us following Gregor to the Rialto Bridge and others setting out on their own to explore other parts of the city.
The evening was capped by extremely powerful thunderstorms and sheets of rain that washed the streets clean and also cleared out a lot of the tourists, making the evening much less hectic.
