Venice

Venice was really nice, we arrived by train from Milan which took just under three hours. The weather was beautiful, around 24 degrees and sunny, we caught a water bus and checked into our hotel then had a nice pizza sitting outisde in one of the narrow streets enjoying watching the world go by. After Jenny and Joll arrived later in the day, we wandered around Venice checking out all the shops, there were so many shops selling souvenirs and Murano glass! We along with the other thousand people went to the Rialto Bridge and St Mark's Square. It was very busy, it was a Saturday and the weather was lovely so I suppose that contributed to the crowds, or maybe they are just always there. We had a lovely dinner sitting outside along the Grand Canal. The next day we did more wandering around then caught a water taxi and onto the cruise terminal. The taxi drivers name was Giovanni and he was telling us that he got hired by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt for eight weeks while Angelina was filming "The Tourist" recently in Venice