Sunday morning we woke up early again for part two of our tour. Today we explored a lot more of the center part of the city- navigating the narrow side streets and drying not to step in dog shit (it was everywhere). The tour was rather informative and I learned some rather quirky stories about Venice. In the 16th century the people were so rich and so bored that they decided to employ the prostitutes for a good of the state. They were all paid to stand by the windows overlooking the piazza- topless. Supposedly, the goal was to win over any homosexuals or others on the border. In reality, it sounds like a group of people with just way to much time on their hands. Another strange rule is that if you want a roof top terrace you have to ask the towns permission. The only way they will allow you to have one is if you can find your house on a 15th century map of the city. If, on that map the house once had a terrace then, you may “rebuild it.”
The rest of the day was seeing more famous churches and statues. After we ended the door in San Marco’s square we split up and found lunch. After grabbing a bite to eat we picked up our stuff and boarded the 3:30 train back to Urbino.
