Day 67: All Wheel Drive

Date: Tuesday 3^rd June
Staying: Camping Fusina – Venice, Italy
Distance Travelled: 0 Miles
Song of the day: Ticks & Leeches – Tool

I don’t think it is possible to sum up how good a time we had in Camping Fusina. It is one of those rare places and times where everything seemed to come together and we were happy staying and didn’t really want to leave.

And this is not to mention the people either. Case in point was the tyre that we came back to fix. Michelle (from Sydney) and Stefano (born just up the road from the campsite) were amazing when we mentioned the dodgy tyre problem. With our Italian being as poor as it is, we were just trying not to get ripped off, which could potentially happen. Stefano picked me up after he had finished work, and took me and the offending tyre down to a local shop, where he explained the problem, which was promptly fixed, and got us a price that I had not seriously considered would have been possible if we had been there on our own. But this is symptomatic of these two people, who were fantastic to us during our stay there.

After we had got back and started to get things ready for our departure, Erin (the Aussie with a taste for Vegemite, and who has earned the nickname of ‘Kebab Chick’ due to her fantastic culinary skills) came to find us, as it was her night off, and we headed back to the bar for one last quiet night before we left. Well, that didn’t happen. We ended up in the restaurant for dinner surrounded by staff and drivers having a fantastic meal and a good laugh, until we were all keen to head back to the bar for a couple more. The night ended up around 12, with Laurie and I playing a fantastically amusing game of table football with two of the Bar Staff, Sara (from Perth) and Michelle (from Latvia).

A special mention must be made, however, of the mosquitoes. I have been bitten so many times that I am taking antihistamines to help get ride of the bite marks. I really should not have worn shorts to the bar at night. I only have myself to blame.