Christmas in London turned into Christmas road trip Italy! We got a bit lost trying to find the airport and missed our flight and then there wasn't anything going out for 2 days so we just started driving. We spent the first night in Florence and visited the city Christmas morning. Almost everything was closed but we went to mass at Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore. It was pretty amazing to be there with all the locals for Christmas. They had an amazing choir and an organist. Then we headed on towards Milan and decided not to stay there but kept driving up to Lake Como where we ended up in Bellagio and couldn't find an open restaurant or hotel. We asked a couple walking along the lake side and they told us about the place they were staying. It was a great little 2 star right off the main strip and it was only 60 Euro. It was such a sweet little hotel and all remodeled. We loved it. We ate dinner that night at the only bar that was open. It snowed during the night and left a nice layer on the rooftops, trees, and the top of our car! We left the next morning and headed to Venice. We stopped in Verona and visited the arena there and Juliet's house. We got to Venice in the evening and decided to go into the city for dinner and to walk around. By the time we were done eating everything was closed so we walked through the little streets back to our shuttle stop. The next morning we had a good breakfast and went into the city again. We had a great time wandering around the shops and eating delicious food before heading out. We drove home that night through a beautiful snowfall. It was a great trip, even though it wasn't what we had planned!