Ciao from Venice.

We managed to get our way from Spain to Venice without to much trouble even though it was car->bus->bus->plane->plane->walk->ferry->walk.

 

We saw Ben off at the airport for his after his very brief day in Spain. We did managed to get him past some sites and travel from one meal to the other. We ended up at the restaurant under the bull ring in Antequera for dinner which was fantastic (although it did top out at our most expensive meal of the Spain Trip, but worth it!). Most of us struggled to get to finish our meals as we'd pretty much gone straight for churros straight from lunch and then to dinner.

The goodbyes at the airport were a bit hard (after Ben's been living with us for almost the last 6 months) with tears (from both of us) but we've planned to see him again next year in Italy.

 

On our way to Venice we only managed to get a tiny bit lost on the way to the hotel. Negotiation of a ferry went smoothly but we were slightly put wrong by the restorations going on in the side street to our hotel but after a quick check of the map we made it back on track. There was a little bit of Italian and pointing to get our reservations all sorted but we were in! It was a long day we left at 9:30pm from Antequerra bus station and arrived at our hotel at about 9pm.

 

Today we spent the day wandering the streets and waterways. It's a gorgeous city! It's amazing site to see with with buildings stepping into the lagoon. We wandered down to San Marco Square and found a cafe for some lunch, I managed to find something that I could eat after passing endless bakeries. The food was fantastic and the coffee even better.

 

After a ride up and down the Grand Canal we returned to our hotel where we've swapped to a room overlooking the Grand Canal. Tonight we're off to explore more of the city by night and maybe a Gondola ride.

 

Tomorrow we're off to see some more of the museums and churches (we only managed a visit inside the Peggy Guggenheim Museum today)

 

(PS. I miss the interent from Antequerra... it's 4Euro for 30 Mins here... I don't think I spent that for all the internet we used in Spain)