Remembering Venice

My favorite focaccia!

 Hi Everyone! 

We saw this when we got lost.

We are currently having practicals in different laboratories and I barely have time to sit down and write about my thoughts. The past two weeks was extremely exhausting for me because everyday, I had to travel from Brussels to Leuven (and back) just to do lab practicals there. I did learn a lot about different techniques concerning protein-protein interactions, chromatin immunoprecipitation and RT PCR. This week, I will be studying molecular techniques concerning protein-DNA interactions. Now, I'm really beginning to feel I'm being honed to become a competent "molecular biologist." I am definitely pursuing PhD! 

Took my breath away.

Meanwhile, let me talk about my other activities outside the classroom and the laboratory. Last Saturday, I was scheduled to go to Netherlands to visit the Red Light District. But I was so exhausted, I cancelled and forced myself to forget about the money I spent on booking my ticket. I wanted to just stay at home to recuperate physically and mentally. I have no new trips to talk about, so let me just narrate what happened during our second day in Italy. 

Strolling in the preserved area near the Grand Canal.

Recall that in my previous post, I talked about our misadventures in Milan during the first day. The next day, we hopped on a train going to Venice! We arrived around two in the afternoon filled with the hopes of not encountering another bad spirit. With a map in hand, we started walking towards our Hotel. My friends and I are so bad with directions, we spent an hour perpetually looking for the hotel. Somehow, we managed to read the map. What we did not realize earlier was the fact that there was no way for us to reach the Hotel without riding a taxi! We thought taking the taxi would be more expensive than booking another hotel! To cut the long story short, we booked another hotel! Our wallets cried.

Just some random photo.

Around four in the afternoon, we started worrying about the sunset. We had to reach the Grand Canal before the sun would vanish otherwise, we'd never be able to appreciate the true beauty of Venice! So then we rode the bus the Hotel Manager instructed us to take. Luckily, we didn't get lost! We found the most enchanting and romantic part of Italy: the Grand Canal in Venice! I imagined myself reading a book beside the Canal or having candlelight dinner with my bf in one of the restaurants nearby! Fancy thoughts XD

My friends and I explored the narrow streets in the preserved area near the Grand Canal. Everything looked so old yet so stunning. For the first time, we got lost in the beauty of Venice--and not due to our shamefully poor path-finding skills!