A Day in Venice

We drove to the closest train station to catch a ride to downtown Venice. Much easier to ride the train and watch rather than contending with traffic plus finding a place to park. Many things here in Italy are unmanned – meaning you have to figure out how to operate them with no assistance. Petrol stations are one of those – no one anywhere around – you pay and then pump the gas yourself.  Parking lots are similar – you have to figure out how much to put into the machine, what the number is for the space where your car is and then wonder if you did it correct or not.

Getting to the water city is easy – that is the end of the line – the train comes to a halt so you get off and you are there. When you exit the train station you get to the view of the Grand Canal. 

Next step is to get tickets for the waterbus – an all day ticket where you hop on and off is 20 Euros. Heck of a deal until you realize it is useless. The boat service a loop through and around the city where you see very little so 40 Euros down the drain. Sure seemed like a good idea. In Barcelona it worked great.

We wandered down the walkways and over the bridges looking at all and taking our pictures. At one establishment we ordered a beer – a big one. What arrived was a one liter that you needed both hands to hold. Sure was good and only one was needed!

Upon arrival at our lodgings in the evening we packed the bags in the car so as to get an early start in the morning – trying to miss the heavy freeway traffic we had been experiencing.