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I'm a student from Russia and we have recently become a popular to go for a vacation abroad for their vacation. Of course, scholarships and the money saved is not enough for the "rich" stay, therefore our tourism is increasingly becoming unusual and full of incredible stories. This year for February vacation, my friend and I went to Italy. Initially looked at the cheapest tickets, as well as a few routes between the cities will be the cheapest transportation. We opted for the route Milan-Verona-Venice, which had planned to spend 4 days. My flight was filled with all the toilet from pregnant women, as well as paid meals, because my tickets were very cheap. In Milan was gorgeous weather +15 and the sun that for my hometown of St. Petersburg for something impossible. There we boarded the bus from Malpensa airport for 7 euros, and went to Grand Central station. My friend and I were saving, so I found a great buffet in the cafe, which, of course, closed for Siesta at 3 o'clock, when we approached him. With the words that we quickly we went inside where we saw a mountain of food and did not believe that you can take all for 12 euros. Still scored so many that are unable to eat everything at that moment we saw the sign that we should eat all the food that was taken or will be fine, we did not expect. On your own we started to bring food back, but that protection is not seen it all and we were lucky. Then in Milan, we walked around the beautiful streets and went to Verona, went back only at 12 midnight, tried to find the owner of our apartment, went to a convenience store in the basement, and in the morning ate a hamburger without the gluten and walked around the city. The incredible story began in Venice, where we arrived without problems went to the local commuter train, walking through Venice is 2 hours on the bridge we realized that it is absolutely not suited for disabled people, and we had a hard time without public transport. The next morning we had to be early for the train, so to the island of Murano we took the first morning boat at 6 am, I think to say that we did not put the card to the terminal, because they did not understand what I had to do. The island we were greeted by the beautiful dark night, and before sunset it was far away, so the photos turned out terrible. The fun started when we drove from Venice to Bergamo airport by train. We were not told that the trains in Italy may be late for an hour and more, and we also got off at that station and left without anything.It is also fashionable to note that in Italy, English is not the best and it is practically not announced in public places, so we did not catch an electric train to the airport, but a regional train, for which we did not have a ticket, and there was nowhere to buy it. We began to pray that the controller would not come, during this time I was thrown into the heat, then the cold, and painted myself, sitting in an Italian prison. We were lucky again, and the controller did not come. I was free. Then everything was fine, and we returned to Russia. During the trip, we managed to get acquainted with two Italians, get lost in the streets of Venice, lose money for renting a bicycle, because we did not understand how to use it, of course, go shopping in Milan and spend almost all our money, and try Gelato, and not have time to go to museums. We took 250 euros per person with us, and the trip cost about the same. Our experience has shown that even the most planned trip can fail and you have to figure out the situation quickly. This trip was unforgettable, as well as very fun and informative.