Europe 2007 - Last day in Venice

Our view from Venice

It's a bit of a sad day today it's our last day in Venice.

Last night was fantastic (I seem to be saying that a lot lately) we wondered down to the Grand Canal last night and found ourselves a gondola ride for the night. It was the highlight of our (at least my) trip so far. Our Gondolier was a 4th generation Gondonlier (it is his last year his son is to take over the business next year making it 5 generations) and gave us some great history tips on the canals as we floated past. Tip 1 - turns our we're staying only a few doors down from Casanova's Apartment. In a good coincidence we actually travelled down the canal that passed our house on the trip. It was the best way to see Venice, even at night. It's the mid point of our trip tomorrow and I think it will be hard to top for me... although I'm going to try.

Last night was our first ordering mishap where I managed to order something that was crumbed (still I had a first course though). The atmosphere of the place was pretty good though, with a great pianist playing for the night, so it wasn't all bad in the end.

Today we spent ferrying and exploring the outer islands. They islands were much more pieceful than Venice itself and we just relaxed and strolled the streets for the day. Burano (the lace island) is quite an unusual place with all the buildings painted in different colours.

Last of all I managed to get a photo our of our room up today of the sunrise. It will be hard to leave tomorrow, not only for the fact that we're leaving at 7:30am and will be on a train for most of the day...

PS. Yes... C(raig) you do win...