We planned on leaving our new found experiences in Florence on what we thought would be 10:36am train. To our dismay we stood in line at the train station in front of what was clearly the smelliest man on earth. He kept trying to cut the line around each S curve, trying to detour his movement we boldly threw our bodies and nostrils to the wayside. We took turns doing the kansas city shuffle for close to half an hour until at the last on the last S turn he started yelling and causing a scene in a language so foreign we had no choice but to step away. Finally, it was our turn at the booth. By the time we reached the front it was 10:42 and we had missed our train. We ended up waiting for the 12:30 train and sat quietly people watching for close to two hours. When our train finally arrived we boarded and peacefully enjoyed the three hour ride.
We arrived into Venenize S.C station on the main island. Our directions to the hotel were to walk out the front door, turn left, and walk for three minutes. These directions couldnt have been more spot on. We spent our only evening in Venice wondering the streets enjoying slices of pizza with pepperoni and french fries and a warm bottle of white wine.
We toured the normal stuff and managed to get lost in doing so. For as good as a sense of direction Mike has, Venice is the ultimate challenge in navigation. We enjoyed the grand canal, San Marcos Square, and most of all the air conditioning in our room.
Off to interlaken in the morning!
Things we learned in Venice:
1) gps would be a worthless tool in this city.
2) it does actually cost 120 euro to ride the gondola; it's free to watch though.
3) french fries and pepperoni on a slice of pizza is great.
4) the city floods in the main squares during high tide
5) There is a key for every door, in every hallway, on every floor....
Things we loved in Venice:
1) the canals
2) the giant cruise liner named "Costa Fortuna"
3) the views from the grand canal.
4) the air conditioning.
5) the history
much love to everyone,
m&m
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Mike... I thought only your internal GPS could navigate through this city... The combination of everything looking the same and 3 bottles of Italy's finest wines, causes for one long walk home...
ReplyDeleteKeep up the great posts...