Venezia
With the girls leaving in a days time, we had the chance for a
quick day trip to Venice. Since Venice is one of the things that
just has to be seen… and since I haven’t seen much of Italy at
all… I thought I’d better go and do it.
We all packed into a bus early on Wednesday, and were in town with
the million other tourists by lunch. Now I truly hate being part of
the tourist hordes… but there wasn’t all that much of an
alternative.
With the prospect of a day looking at churches and museams - then
spending 8 Euro on an expresso… I gave Adriano a call and we met
up in the Piazza San Marco. Now luckily Adriano lives in an
apartment overlooking the Piazza, just next door to Napoleon’s
Palace and looking directly at St Marks Basilica and the Doge’s
Palace. Not a bad place to relax over a bowl of pasta and some
coffee.
The afternoon was spent with the locals Adriano & Giovanni
walking through the streets… looking at the important stuff…
riding on a gondola… etc etc.
Unfortunately I didn’t bring the camera along… so no photos. I’ll
just have to return for a week or so later in the year to take in
the place a bit more.
