Day 13/14 Venice

So we spent another day here in Venice the city of Romance. We took a bus boat to San Marcos Square and begun to wander from there. Geoff took us winding through all the side streets of Venice until we were lost and the compass on the phone came out. We managed to figure out where we were and decided to stop for pizza at a local joint. It happened to be right in front of a church, so I went in and lit a candle and said a prayer for Wes. We heard an update that nothing has changed which in itself is good as it hasn’t gotten worse. We decided to stay for the rest of our cruise with updates from home to determine if we require an early departure back to Canada.

We finally managed to find our way back to S. Marco after a few hours so we stopped to have drinks and gelato at a very fancy looking place right off the square. The gelato was nice after all our hard work. We did a bit of shopping where Kidlet managed to find a cool Murano glass item I’ll let him tell you all about when we return. Then we wandered back down to get a bus back to the pier. Along the way there was a band playing typical Italian music in the square. That’s why I would love to live here!

After a bit of a rest and phone calls home, we donned our fancy apparel and headed back into town for dinner on the grand canal. We took a taxi boat with 2 other couples from California and a little baby. The taxi boats here are a complete waste of money! They charge you insane fees when the bus is only 6.50 Euros! We dinned at a hotel restaurant on the waterfront and the meal was very nice. The view was amazing! Then wandering back we decided not to pay the crazy fees and take a local bus boat back. It was fun and definitely an adventure.

This morning we didn't get off the boat as we felt we had done all we wanted to in Venice. Hubby did a workout at the gym and the kidlet and I sat by the pool. I read my new book while he found some new friend and played giant chess and ping pong. We got an opportunity to go to the bow of the boat to watch the disembarkation and have some champagne which was nice and then just relaxed by the pool all afternoon. We will have another Masked ball this evening as it's the Venice departure tradition, so we will update you on that tomorrow when we arrive in Croatia.