Venice
Put the awning up this morning and got set up. There is a tap and a drain so we are fully reticulated which is always a joy as opposed to collecting water forty litres at a time in the rolling barrel and emptying it forty litres at a time in the two wheelie waste tanks. Not quite fully reticulated, I still need to empty the toilet cartridge once a day, not a biggie.
Drove to the ferry as we realised that our return would probably be after dark. The tickets proved to be a bit of a shock at fifteen euro each, ninety in total.
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| Roman was absolutely stoked. We sat just under the bridge at the front for perfect views on this lovely warm day |
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| The ferry was quite substantial. Heading along the coast toward the Lido Penisula |
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| Views of Venice in the distance |
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| Audrey and Fyfe It's too bright! I could see lots of work going on for the massive Venice Barrier project due to be complete in 2022. A massive undertaking but will be brilliant for saving Venice |
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| Ta-da Audrey |
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| The Lido Penisula |
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| Church of San Giorgio Maggiore |
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| Love the elegant and gracious limo taxis Powered by petrol V8s |
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| Venice's iconic skyline |
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| The channels are dredged and quite tight the whole way |
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| Would love to explore all these side canals |
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| Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute |
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| Doge's Palace with St Mark's Campanile behind |
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| Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II |
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| Ponte della Paglia The tower is the Chiesa di San Giorgio dei Greci |
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| Jacqueline |
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| Box jellyfish, of which, for some reason, Audrey knew all about. They are about a hand span long and get along at about a foot every three seconds |
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| Ponte della Paglia |
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| The same shot of the chiesa di San Giorgio dei Greci from the bridge |
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| Roman, Audrey, Iris & Fyfe... |
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| ... and Jacqueline |
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Bridge of Sighs |
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| St Mark's Square (of course) |
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| Detail on the facade of St Mark's Basilica |
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| Doges Palace, looking back towards the water |
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| Iris |
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| Roman buying coffee with my card on paywave |
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| Pointe di Rialto |
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| From the same bridge We stayed up here for ages watching all the comings and goings |
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| Rubbish boat and ambulance |
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| Looking the other way from the Pointe di Rialto Most of the traffic including taxis heading down the small canal on the right |
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| Venetian glas abounded |
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| St Marks square at night on our way home |
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| This is all we achieved! |
Wonderful! So beautiful
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