This was sunrise somewhere over Switzerland.
More sunrise over Switzerland, as if you ever get tired of that.
We landed in Venice at about 8:40 AM Venice time. That's 2:40 AM Columbus time. Yikes. We took the Alilaguna Orancia Line (Orange Line for anybody who didn't study Rosetta Stone), a water bus, through the length of the Grand Canal to Saint Mark's Square. Fabulous ride.
Then the San Clemente Palace Resort and Hotel shuttle boat took us the rest of the way to the island hotel. Total travel time from airport to hotel was a couple hours, lugging four pieces of luggage and backpacks the whole way.
Soon, we were ready to explore Venice. Here are some pictures:
The entrance to the San Clemente Palace
The grounds of the hotel remind me of a college.
The Doges Palace, with St. Mark's on the far left. This is where the leaders of Venice lived.
A great building next to St. Mark's. Excuse me for not knowing the name...yet. Have I mentioned the crowds??
St. Mark's Cathedral. Notice the scaffolding in the upper left. I'll get better shots of this later in the week.
A view of the Grand Canal from the Rialto Bridge.
Venice!
One half of the Rialto Bridge market. If you turned around, you would see the exact same thing going down the other side of the bridge. And just as many people.
Very Venice.
Well, we're off to dinner. More later.
I really enjoy your pictures and comments. We are doing a similar trip in May and you have given us some great ideas. I can't wait to hear about your cruise as we are doing the same ports.
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