Day 23 - Venice

Slept like a baby last night despite the fact that the camp site we were staying at seemed to be the party stop for all young travellers.
The site we were staying at was just 30 seconds walk from the ferry port which took you over to Venice which was a bonus as we did not have to rush to get to the ferry. We had a quick breakfast of cheese on toast. Not sure why I always mention what I had but nevermind.

We walked down to the ferry only to find that there was a huge queue. We should have learnt our lesson with the bus in Rome. The queue meant we could not get the 10am ferry but only had to wait till half 10 which was not too bad.

The ferry ride over took about 20 mins and during it we saw the 12th most expensive private yacht. How do I know this you ask. Well I saw the huge yacht and thought I bet that is expensive so I googled the name of the boat and voila! there you have it.

Once in Venice we wandered the back streets for a while and then headed to San Marcos square which is the main site in Venice. It was packed with people so we saw it and got the fuck out of there.

Venice was very nice when wandering the back streets but was incredibly busy when you got nearer to the main attractions.
Before we got to Venice, Rachel and I had decided that no matter how romantic the gondola was, 100 euros was too much to pay for the experience so we decided we would give that a miss.

In all honesty there was not much to see in Venice so we were soon done and killing time till the utd game. I had already seen a bar that would be showing the game at 5pm so we decided to just wander the town and stop in one of the squares to have a drink.
Santa Margherita was the square which we chose to chill at. It was lovely as was a bit off the tourist track so was nice and quite(relatively). We got a nice ice cream and then had a beer in one of the student bars as the square was not far from the university.


At around 4 we started making our way back to the bar to watch the UTD game. We soon realised that you can't get anywhere quick in Venice, and it becomes even harder when you don't really know what way to go.
We made it in time for kick off and had a few beers with the game. Was not a great game but a win is a win.
We then headed back to the site via the evening ferry which was much larger than the morning one.


All inn all it was a lovely day wandering the streets.


Back at the site we had dinner and hit the sack. Tomorrow we would be heading to lake garda and some much deserved relaxation.


EDIT : Can't seem to upload pictures to this post for some reason. Will upload some when I get the chance.