Saturday 19th May
The photos from Venice do not necessarily tie up with the text – I just like them!!
We didn't wake up till 8.30! Richard was despatched to the local supermarket to buy supplies while I unpacked and attempted to shower. I said yesterday that it would probably be interesting and I was right! I had to bend and shower - oh and yes there is no shower curtain - when I got out the floor was flooded!
We set off walking towards the station and came across a food market. As in Maglie last Saturday the produce looked and smelt lovely. As we walked along I felt as if I was in some sort of a trance - it all seemed so much better than I had anticipated. As we neared the
station so we met the tourists - honestly tourists I ask you! It was chaotic. The waterbus we wanted was suspended as the America's Cup is in town so we caught another to St Mark's Square. By this stage my toes were really hurting but I soldiered on bravely! My big toe is black and blue - almost the same colour as my toe nail varnish!
St Mark's was heaving not only with tourists but people wanting to watch the yacht racing. We went inland a few streets, hoping things would be cheaper, and bought a couple of nice rolls which were heated up for us. We then wandered back to the waterfront to watch the start of the race.
We think there must have a false start as it took ages. The boats were huge catamarans - 9 of them but no British entry. There was great excitement as one of the Italian boats was in the lead as we left.
By this time my toes were so painful that we had to head back to the apartment though we did walk, stopping at a restaurant for a beer.
After a rest we changed and returned t
o St Mark's Square. We walked inland again and found a nice restaurant where Richard had a pizza and I had spaghetti bolognaise. We wandered back to the Square to see what was happening. I had read that St Mark's Square at night is lovely after the cruise ships have left and also the people who are staying on the mainland have gone. The article was right! There about four main restaurants in the square and they all had an orchestra of four or five musicians. We listened to one until they stopped for a rest then walked on to the next and did the same. The third "orchestra" was more of a band with an excellent violinist who had the crowd either swaying or singing along.
At about 11pm we thought we ought to make our way home but had to wait for ages for a waterbus and then had to catch one that didn't stop at our stop which meant more walking and hoping we were going the right way. We have found two landmarks now, the local Co-op and the pizza restaurant we went to last night - it's great when one comes into view.
The photos from Venice do not necessarily tie up with the text – I just like them!!
We set off walking towards the station and came across a food market. As in Maglie last Saturday the produce looked and smelt lovely. As we walked along I felt as if I was in some sort of a trance - it all seemed so much better than I had anticipated. As we neared the
St Mark's was heaving not only with tourists but people wanting to watch the yacht racing. We went inland a few streets, hoping things would be cheaper, and bought a couple of nice rolls which were heated up for us. We then wandered back to the waterfront to watch the start of the race.
By this time my toes were so painful that we had to head back to the apartment though we did walk, stopping at a restaurant for a beer.
After a rest we changed and returned t
Sunday 20th May
We weren't too sure what today was going to bring weatherwise
It was 7pm by the time we got back to the apartment so we quickly changed, put on some warmer clothes and went in search of dinner. We found a lovely restaurant, Da Ignazio, where we had an excellent last dinner in Italy and early birthday celebration for Richard. I had scallops to start with which must have been the best scallops ever; Richard had an amazing plate of frutti del mare. This was followed by a very good steak and finished off with tiramisu. Excellenti!
We finally have internet access - Leth had given me the wrong password with an "o" instead of a "0". Better late than never I guess.
Weather today. It started warm I guess about 22 degrees but got cooler though we were never cold in our shirt sleeves.
Monday 21st May
We left the cases in the apartment and set off to St Mark's Square once again but we went via Rialto as there were a couple of things I wanted to buy from the shops there. By this time it was pouring
While we were in St. Mark’s Square we noticed that all the flags were at ha
As it was raining so hard we got the waterbus back to Rialto and
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