Boston College Athletics
Eagles In Italy - Tuesday in Venice
August 18, 2015 | Women's Basketball
Venice, Italy -
The BC women's basketball team, staff and family members headed out of Lake Como early Tuesday morning. The group was schedule to tour Venice on Wednesday and need to beat the traffic.
After packing the bus at 8:15 a.m., the Eagles took a three hour bus ride on the main highway to Venice. The bus parks at Tronchetto Marina and the touring group broke up into three groups and took three water taxis to Venice.
After a half-hour tour in the water taxis on the main water surrounding Venice, the three boats met at a dock in front of St. Marc's Square. After setting a meeting spot in the square, Elena, the tour guide, led the team through narrow winding paths, across two bridges to the Museo del Vetro.
The team visited the glass museum and witnessed the glass blower make a frame and a small horse. The group then met a Venice tour guide, Marco, in St. Marc's Square in order to get direction on the hour and half walking tour. Marco walked the team, staff and family through the winding streets and explained the history of St. Marc's Square, talked about the government in Venice, the fact that there are 95 churches in the area and of course the Rialto Bridge.
After the tour the group was given two hours to walk around on their own to visit the art museum, shop, or take a ride on the famous gondolas.
On Wednesday, the Eagles are set to visit sophomore Martina Mosetti's hometown of Trieste. The team is expected to leave Treviso in the morning to take a two hour bus ride to Trieste. A light lunch will be served and the team will walk around and learn about the city in which Mosetti's family resides which is along the Adriatic Sea. After spending the afternoon there, the bus will head to Montecchio for a late game against Monteccchio Maggiore (8:30 p.m.).
Fans interested in seeing the sights the team is experiencing everyday, check out the Eagles Facebook pages at www.facebook.com/Eagleswbb or Instagram/@bcwbbhoops.
