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Venice Day 2 - A bit difficult to walk around Venice

I went to knock on Leandro’s door at seven in the morning for his wake up call. We had to meet downstairs for breakfast at eight. We enjoyed an espresso and a light breakfast with Gianni who is the owner of Al Giardino B+B. He gave us a mountain of useful tips about getting around Venice as well as some ideas of places to potentially visit besides those that are the usual tourist attractions.

We left just before nine and took bus number 19 to the bus terminal in Venice. Arriving in Venice is somewhat surreal. It takes a while to get used to the basic transport system and to get used to the much slower pace of its people. The weather was very gloomy. It couldn’t have been any warmer than a couple of degrees and the sun was no where to be seen through all the thick fog that covered the city. We were lucky though as it wasn’t raining, ordinarily it rains in the winter but luckily it hasn’t done much of that so far.

Our first visit was to Holiday Center Il Lato Azzuro where we were to meet with Emanuele. The appointment was meant to be much earlier on in the day however after much hassle and getting endlessly lost we eventually arrived there at midday after several hours of chopping and changing from boat to boat.

This property is set in the most beautiful surroundings. With an amazing sea view and in the most peaceful of areas, I can imagine that in the summer months it is the ideal place to relax.

The next four properties we saw were much easier to locate. Granted when you first arrive in Venice its all rather a lot to take in but once you have spent a whole day wondering around the place you quickly learn how to get around and you learn the location of all the islands.

In total we saw Residenza del doge, Nuova Locanda Belvedere, Casa Linger Hostel and Holiday House Domus Cavanis.

All properties were beautiful, each with their very own charm. Some of them decorated in typical Venetian style while others took on a more modest minimalist style.

The weather wasn’t particularly pleasant throughout this trip. It was bitterly cold and foggy for the most part and it was particularly cold while on the taxi boats but because Venice is such a cosy wonderful place one didn’t really mind. Leandro and I wondered around the many different little streets and went to see the Piazza San Marco. It is such a beautiful building and the entire square is just majestic with all the hundreds of pigeons and amazing architecture its well worth visiting.

By the end of the day we were exhausted having wondered around none stop, getting to know the area. We sat outside in one of the many square and had some tea and a couple of cigarettes. It was too cold to be handing around outside so we made our way back to our B+B and got an early night not before visiting the restaurant next door to our B+B. A typical Italian family restaurant, after getting many stares when we walked in we were quickly served and forgotten about. The food was fantastic so I can’t complain.