Thursday, March 10, 2005
Venezia


Day 6 took us through many twists, turns, and tunnels as we drove through the snow-capped Apennine Mountains en route to Venice. We arrived at our hotel outside of Venice by early afternoon after a few pit stops and a leisurely lunch. Our poor tour guide was under the impression that the hotel was “just outside” of Venice, but considering the fact that there is a two-mile-long bridge that connects Venice to the mainland the hotel was not necessarily within the walking distance that he had promised us! But the hotel staff assured us that it was really “no problem” to walk directly beside speeding traffic along the 4-lane highway that led to the nearest bus stop! So after giving the highway a few looks, and telling each other “no problem” we walked single file to await a bus to take us to Venice.

Once in Venice (I would probably recommend arriving by train for the best initial views of Venice) we left the bus and consulted our handy-dandy hotel map. Upon some investigation, we decided it was a not-so-handy-dandy map and instead just followed the signs for Piazza San Marco and the Canal Grande. The weather was in the upper 30s and fairly chilly, especially when we reached open water. But we warmed ourselves in the fading sunshine at Piazza San Marco (home to many, many overfed pigeons among some beautiful architecture) and warmed up with cups of hot chocolate and a filling meal at a restaurant along the Grand Canal (fresh seafood for Mark!). After sunset we navigated our way back through the narrow streets to the bus stop, determined to get a good night’s sleep before enjoying our very last free day in Italy.

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