Venezia

So, because the planes have been grounded, everyone has swarmed the train station trying to find transportation out, ideally to France because it's a central transportation hub in Europe. All trains to northern Europe have been completely booked until Friday at the earliest. We heard a rumor that England is sending over military ships to retrieve all England natives! No idea if that's true or not. We've picked up the words "chaos in the train stations" in news headlines, but the rest is foreign to us, literally.
Because tickets are so hard to find right now, we've had to make some changes in our trip. The first train we could find out of here that will get us anywhere near Prague is tonight to Budapest. I'm super excited for the detour. We've heard only good things about Budapest and we've heard it's cheap, which will be a huge relief after Venice!
We weren't planning on staying the night in Venice because of how expensive is here, so when we couldn't find a train out last night we were a little dissapointed at first. But as soon as we left the train station we ran into another couple, Brad and Chelsea, from Boston who also just graduated and they're doing more of a world tour for an entire year! They were super fun people and we all had a lot in common. We decided to forgo the hostel and instead sleep in the train station. We all stayed up until about 4 a.m. drinking wine, wandering around Venice and talking to local drunks; but only the harmless ones of course. We fell asleep on the steps of the train station until they let us inside at 5 a.m. It was freezing!
Aaron and I have spent most of today sleeping in a small park ( more like the one sliver of grass in Venice). I'm pretty sure if we had a hat to lay beside us we would wake up with some coins because of how sorry we look.
It's been fun.
Hope all is well back home!
Ciao.