We arrived fit and ready to walk/ferry the city after our epic journey here from Dubrovnik. (Bus for 4 and a half hours, Split for a couple of hours to see the ancient Greek Palace, overnight ferry to Ancona, and train to Venice arriving around 3pm)
It has been hot here (26) and we have had to retreat to our hotel room (in the heart of the city) to cool off and rest mid afternoon.
Long lunches, breakfasts and dinners canal-side have about filled up our days!! We thought we had better do something cultural, so yesterday went through the museum of the Doge in Saint Marco Square.
This time around (compared to 23 years ago) we could afford (just)to have a cocktail in the square, and pay the additional charge for the band playing, all as the sun set over the bell tower.
We then walked around the corner to see the full moon coming up over the Grand Canal...just another day on the road.
It is not too crowded; mainly Italian, French and German tourists, and quite a few families. Seated next to a nice French couple the other night and by the end we were swapping addresses and saying we would visit them in the Champagne district. The people watching has been our main pass time, so we make sure we are seated with a view each time.
We found a nice hotel room near to the railway station (via the net), for 80 Euro a night. We liked it so much we decided to stay a second night and get our washing dry!
It was a shock to find bloody graffiti here!! Some of it is political but the rest is just stupid copycat graffiti as anywhere. Most of the buildings are quite decrepit too but that is part of the appeal. When our legs got too tired we just sat on the ferry for a whole round as we had a 24 hour ticket. My leg is getting stronger every day, and so it needs to be as it is 50 steps up over a bridge and then down. We must have done thousands of step-up equivalents!
Next stop is Verona.
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