Venice

Well today started as a rather rainy day in the beautiful town of venice. My brother and I were a little disappointed because it didn't seem like there would be much to do. Wow were we wrong, almost immediately upon going outside we were surrounded by kids playing soccer in the street and everyone of them had on Azzurri jersey on or something else that said Italia. After kicking the ball around with them for a little while we asked them where the best place to watch the game was and they led us to a fan zone that had been set up with a giant TV so everybody could watch the games together. There are pizza places everywhere and this is all happening in a pretty steady rain. All the shops have signs that read, "Closing at 3:30 for the match," and you can tell that these people really love their soccer. We are off to watch the matches now but I will have another post later tonight.

Garrett