Plaza at Mestre

... . Estábamos exhaustas pero sabíamos que si encontrábamos nuestros compañeros podíamos pedir la llave del hotel y regresar a Mestre a descansar un rato. Natalia decidió quedarse con ellos a escuchar la música, que era un homenaje a Miles Davis, ...

... Roma.  At Plaza Roma we had to find the free shuttle bus to the cruise ship.  Not an easy thing to do in a large plaza carrying all of our luggage.  We at first went the wrong way but never fear we did find the bus pick-up location and ...

... and I just went ahead and booked the cheapest hotel I could find that looked halfway decent -we ended up staying in a place called Mestre which is basically like staying in staten island if u went to visit NYC. Very amusing. So we passsed that on the ...

... gradual slopes whereas the Swiss Alps are steep peaks covered in snow.  We nap as the sun sets.  We arrive in Mestre, the train station nearest to Venice, known as Venezia to Italians. The cab ride from the train station was like an adrenaline ...

... , which was reassuring - I've been hoping for somewhere in southern Europe to be warm! When we finally arrived in Venice (actually Mestre, about 10 km from Venice on the mainland), the stop caught me by surprise and I had to rush to get myself together ...

... to my surprise, we all got there at almost exactly the same time.  They had had their own troubles finding the place - stay in Mestre if you want a cheap place near Venice! - and by 6pm we were all together and starving, so we went in search of ...

... through the mountains, so we expect it to take 5 to 6 hours. Hopefully we will have better weather in Italy. Arriving in Mestre(14ks from Venice) late in the afternoon at the Novotel Mestre. We decided to visit the local shopping centre as it was close ...

... room.  I thank the staff profusely. We roll all our luggage to the bus stop, wait for 30 minutes then board the bus. At Mestre train station, we have a little time so we try to grab a quick lunch on the way to the platform, but once we order, the ...

... 'n inmediatamente enfrente de la estación Santa Lucía. Si bien en la guía Lux decía que era más recomendado dormir en Mestre, que está a 15 minutos de Venecia pero en el "continente", decidí ir al albergue juvenil igualmente ya que había buenas ...

... la tarde de un domingo de lluvia. Ni un alma, todo cerrado. Consegui una promocion de 3 noches en un hotel de Venecia Mestre (la ciudad, frente a la isla), deje todo en el hotel, estaba sin almorzar, pregunte donde estaba el centro, camine 15 minutos ...