Today I got up bright and early and went down stairs for breakfast. I was so stoked that most of the hotels that I booked had breakfast buffets included. It's hard trying to eat gluten free when your traveling around the world. For example In France the buffet in my hotel had Danishes, pastries, toast, cakes and breads and cereals which truly sucks when you can't eat them. Hotel Torino where I am staying here in Venice had a small mixture of foods for breakfast. Boiled egg, fruit, yoghurt, cereals, bread, ham and cheeses. Being gluten free it gave me not a lot of choice for breakfast. I ended up having a boiled egg and some fruit. And I threw a banana off the buffet into my bag for morning tea.
Before I left to go traveling one of my friends commented to me "I couldn't do what your doing. Be over their alone and eat every meal alone." The funny thing was that before I left I wouldn't of gone and had a meal at a restaurant alone or even go to a movie by myself.
Here is a few tips how to overcome eating at restaurants alone.
- Take your maps and plan what you would like to do that day
- Get out your phrase book and practice that language
- Go to a restaurant or cafe with wifi and call (on Facebook or viber) a friend or a family member back home
- Read a book
- Write in your travel diary
- Research things to do in that city
- Update your blog
- Upload some photo's of your trip to Facebook
- Go through the photo's you have taken so far
- Write some postcards
I usually use most of my alone time with meals trying to work out where I was on the map and where to go next. Most cafés and restaurants in Europe have free wifi which helps make you feel a little less lonely while you are over there.
One thing that I had been told and have heard a lot about Venice is that you should put away your map and just get lost. I found that I was even lost when I was looking at the map. After breakfast I thought I would explore and try and find where the train station is to make it easier for me to get there tomorrow. I wandered around over bridges and passed many shops. And all of a sudden I noticed that I had was walking through an art school. Whoops. I turned around and continued to explore and get lost in hot Venice. I wish you could swim in Venice because it was soooooo hot. I'm not going to lie I may had quite a few gelato's while I was walking. About a few hours later I finally found where the train station was.
I came across this beautiful park that over looked one of the canals and I sat down under a tree and relaxed. This park was stunning. Looking over the water, parklands and water fountains. I could of stayed here all day.
I stayed under the cool trees for awhile and took in the beauty of Venice until I realised how starving I was so I ventured on to find some food.
Close by there were all these beautiful little restaurants on the canal. This was defiantly where I want to eat.
Food isn't extremely cheap in Venice. If your on a budget I would suggest going for a wander and have a look at a few menu's and decide which is the cheapest before you eat. Or go to a local supermarket and get a few items for lunch and eat it by the water.
This place was so cute. I logged onto the free wifi and called my family back in Australia while I ate. I spent the rest of the day exploring and trying not to eat more gelato.
Art Exhibit
I spent the rest of the day exploring. Wandering in into little shops and trying to make my way back to Saint Marcos Square. I had a look at art exhibits and in Cathedrals. It was such a wonderful day. I slowly wandered back towards my hotel and I continued on to Saint Marco's Square. It is beautiful and definitely worth a look.
This photo was taken at 8pm Saint Marco's Square
Saint Marco's Square is a Square surrounded by shops and restaurants. It was full of different sounds. Live bands, singing and people talking. Looking around the square people are feeding flocks of birds with birds landing on them, there are people enjoying the evening sunlight and meals and people sitting on the stairs in the shade.
Since I had to be up at 5:30am tomorrow to catch a train to I went and did the nightly ritual of looking for somewhere to eat that has gluten free items on their menu. I found this place that had. 3 course meal for 25euro. I had soup, chicken and veg and ice cream. It was delicious.
Right across from where I was sitting there was a giant pizza as big as a table. The waiter who was looking after the pizza turned his back for two minutes and there was ten pigeons on it eating eat. Lucky it was only a display pizza.
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