Even though Graham had already been to Venice once before and despite its reputation as Italy’s most expensive city, the place is so unique you just can’t skip it……and neither could the rest of the European tourist masses. The tiny streets were packed shoulder to shoulder with fellow tourists and things were pricey (€100 for a 30 min gondola ride? Forget about it…) By the end of our 24 hours in the city of canals, we had seen what we needed to and were fine with departing (plus it started to rain).
Venice from the ocean
The hordes of fellow tourists outside St. Marco Square
St. Marcus Square
St. Marc's Basilica
The Pricey Boats
Sue standing at the end of one of Venice’s many dead end streets. You’ll wander down some extra narrow ally way and sometimes it puts you out into some quite hidden square but more often it just abruptly ends into water and you’re forced to back track.
The ferry ride to Murano, the island famous for it’s Venitian blown glass. Originally when Venetians first perfected the art of glass blowing, the craftsman who learned the trade were threatened with death if they ever tried to leave.
A voluptuous woman made of blown glass.
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