Ca' Delle Acque Venice
San Marco 4991 Venice, Veneto, Italy
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Island Hopping in Venice
... March. Boy was I wrong, as the vaporetti I was hoping to get on filled up and we had to wait a half hour for the next one. The funny thing that happened though., right after that vaporetti left, a private small boat pulled up to the dock - like a taxi and offered rides to people to Venice for 10 euros a head. A good 20 people took him up on it, and you know he's made his day's wages right then and there. Not sure if it's legal, yet if the buses only run ...
Venice Wandering
Where does one start in Venice? On a vaporetti following the Grand Canal? On an island outside the main area? Just heading off away from the hostel? After hearing about long lines yesterday, it was off to Piazza San Marco to check out the Basilica. For a long-ish line, it moved fairly quickly, Admission is free though there are some areas you have to pay to access, such as 2 euro to access the Pala d'Oro, a gold altarpiece with lots of gemstones. Stunning to see. No photos ...
Viva Italia!
It was goodbye to Switzerland today and hello Italy! I couldn't quite tell you where one become the other until the announcements on the train were made in Italian. In the north of Italy, mountains still dominated the landscape. Train service in Italy is not as punctual as that in Switzerland. Instead my train was 20 minutes late into Milan and I missed my train to Venice. Never fear though as they are actually quite frequent, so I just hopped onto the next one. ...
Floatıng around Venıce
... of Venıce do the rest of the talkıng, after last nıght sleepıng on the floor of Marco Polo aırport, ıt's late & I need my bed.
The last nıght of my trıp, back ın famılıar Istanbul and back at our usual hostel, begınnıng to feel lıke home here.
One last entry to thıs dıary to come - reflectıons on what has been a wonderful trıp.
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Venice
... expensive 6.50euro for 75 minutes single trip...but much cheaper than a water taxi) and waited for the "bus". One came and we lugged our bags onto the boat.
Once on board we sailed down the Grand Canal. The architecture was impressive, one building seemed to be trying to outdo the next. Boats and gondolas were crisscrossing in front and in back of us. Cargo of all sorts was being carried on boats of ...


