Venice, Italy

We arrived in Venice at 10:00 AM after a 15 hr. bus trip from Poland.  We were told it would be very warm.  It wasn't. Luckily I still had my coat with me from Poland.  We arrived by boat (Venice is an island, after all.) After getting set up with our local tour guide, one of the first things on the schedule was the gondola ride.  It isn't too romantic at 10:00AM but it certainly began our day nicely.  After not sleeping much on the bus, no shower or change of clothes, we have pictures of us in Venice - not how I prefer to look for the camera but better than not being there!  You'll see by the last picture how we felt by 4:00PM when it was time to get back to the boat, to get to the bus to ride another 1.5 hrs to get to our hotel.  That first day was our clue that this tour was going to be a grueling tour.

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                                                      One of our first views of Venice

                                       Boat docked just before we pulled into the Venice dock.

                                                                 Gondola parking lot?

                                                           San Marco Plaza - cathederal

                        Our Polish/Italian bus tour "pilot". She had no trouble getting the guys to follow her!

                                                                This is us in Gondola

                                          Getting up these steps from the boats must be tricky.

                                                 Water taxi how non-tourists get around town.

                          San Marco Plaza during high tide.  The city is sinking 2 inches every 10 yrs.

                               On the left you can see people walking on risers to keep out of water.

                                              Bob enjoyed his afternoon nap even in Venice!