Today was our last day in Venice :( We've had a great time and are sad to leave, but I think we are happy with our time here as well. We started our day by rising at the crack of dawn to see the sunrise, and though we didn't have the best vantage point, we still saw a different side of Venice. Only people who were up to see the sunrise and those getting ready for the day (restaurant owners, trash collectors, delivery persons, etc) were up and about. All the shops were closed and it was silently calm. Well worth the early wake-up call. And, of course we went back to bed for a few hours afterwards. When we rose for real, we ate some breakfast and walked around some of the lesser explored parts of Venice before getting ready for our gondola ride and dinner.
We made that into quite the process, just for the pleasure of it. I had looked up directions for both the gondola ride and the restaurant, but that was pointless. Google maps, you let us down... We got lost within the first few minutes because the street we were supposed to turn onto was not located where it was shown... hmmm.... Thankfully, we had our handy-dandy foldout map and got there with time to spare. Of, course it was at this point that I realized we needed both copies of our voucher (one for the gondola and one for the restaurant) and the second was back at our apartment. So, I walked into the nearest hotel and asked if I could have a photocopy made. The person at the desk gave me an unpromising look and I asked, "Can I pay to have a photocopy made?" He looked over the voucher and took it back to the copier, and didn't charge me a centime.
The gondola ride was lovely. We were in a 'fleet' of 5 gondola's and we had an accordion player and opera singer serenade us (they were on another of the gondola's and once we entered the smaller canals and the acoustics came into play, we were quite glad of this. After the gondola ride we decided to find the restaurant and then walk around a bit. I'm glad we went to the restaurant first because we couldn't find it... for a long time. We finally asked at a hotel and they gave us directions and as soon as we exited, we couldn't agree on what we had been told - so we went the way Michelle thought, then the way I thought it was - we finally found it and it had been right under our noses the Entire time. Figures. Granted, nothing is straight in Venice and is was tucked away a bit.
For this day, we have two videos - and, you may notice some similarities between the two...
So here's our Sunrise and Gondola Ride link and video
And here's our Get ready with us link, but it won't let me embed the video right now - will try again another time.
We made that into quite the process, just for the pleasure of it. I had looked up directions for both the gondola ride and the restaurant, but that was pointless. Google maps, you let us down... We got lost within the first few minutes because the street we were supposed to turn onto was not located where it was shown... hmmm.... Thankfully, we had our handy-dandy foldout map and got there with time to spare. Of, course it was at this point that I realized we needed both copies of our voucher (one for the gondola and one for the restaurant) and the second was back at our apartment. So, I walked into the nearest hotel and asked if I could have a photocopy made. The person at the desk gave me an unpromising look and I asked, "Can I pay to have a photocopy made?" He looked over the voucher and took it back to the copier, and didn't charge me a centime.
The gondola ride was lovely. We were in a 'fleet' of 5 gondola's and we had an accordion player and opera singer serenade us (they were on another of the gondola's and once we entered the smaller canals and the acoustics came into play, we were quite glad of this. After the gondola ride we decided to find the restaurant and then walk around a bit. I'm glad we went to the restaurant first because we couldn't find it... for a long time. We finally asked at a hotel and they gave us directions and as soon as we exited, we couldn't agree on what we had been told - so we went the way Michelle thought, then the way I thought it was - we finally found it and it had been right under our noses the Entire time. Figures. Granted, nothing is straight in Venice and is was tucked away a bit.
For this day, we have two videos - and, you may notice some similarities between the two...
So here's our Sunrise and Gondola Ride link and video
And here's our Get ready with us link, but it won't let me embed the video right now - will try again another time.
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