Date: Saturday 24th May
Staying: Camping Fusina – Venice, Italy
Distance Travelled: 0 Miles
Song of the day: Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
The plan for today was pretty simple. Having been to Venice twice each before, we have covered off most of the main touristy things; so we planned to just get ourselves lost in the little back streets that are so prevalent in Venice, find some shops and take lots of photographs. But, of course, with all of the best intentions, we still didn’t manage to make the first boat in the morning, which left us about an hour behind what we were thinking.
Not a problem. We took the ferry in at 9am and followed just wandered off into places we didn’t know. Off the main thoroughfares, Venice is very quiet, with lots of peaceful, picturesque piazzas, and restaurants with local prices. We spent the morning walking the length of one of the 2 islands (up to the train station), and the afternoon walking back down the other island (to San Marco Piazza). This took about 7 hours, but bought us lots of pressies and souvenirs, as well as a couple of hundred photographs (and very sore feet).
Today also showed me how much of a red flag a rugby jersey is. Wearing my Wellington Hurricanes top, I was stopped in the street by a stranger who wanted to know the result of our match that morning (We lost a semi-final – insert big sigh of pity). This happened in Cinque Terre as well, where my NZ Football shirt was the draw. Must be a Kiwi thing.
1 comment:
You haven't loaded any new photos into your blog slide show since 12th May! So slack. Only the sick one has an excuse (big motherly hugs).
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