Venice

It's about time we had a nice relaxing break away somewhere a certain somebody said to me. That's sounds like a good idea I said - or words to that effect. Three days is more than enough time for Venice, especially since both of us have already been there I think we agreed. Yeah, right! Anyway we arrived on our cheapo Ryan Air flight at an airport 5 hours away (ok one hour) from Venice, took our courtesy bus to the centre and stepped out into the pouring rain. After much confusion and getting lost we finally found the accommodation reception to be told that we couldn't check into our shack till late afternoon. So we wandered around for a while in the rain, bought (delicious) ice cream and finally checked into our pad.

After that things went swimmingly though. The next day the sun came out and we had a great time seeing all the sights we that we didn't see last time and doing the rip-off but romantic gondola thing. Oh yes, and getting lost - lots! The only other downer of the weekend was on the journey home when I realised that my cherished Venetian purchases (clock & painting) were still in our accommodation propped up against a wall. Bugger! Luckily the nice reception lady kindly posted them off to me and they reached their destination completely intact!

Page 1 - St. Mark's Square

Page 2 - Getting lost in Venice