Subtitled: HOLY GUACAMOLE I'M UP TO DATE WITH MY BLOG!
This morning started out reasonably early considering this was our 2nd day in one town.
After breakfast we all piled on to the bus back to Tronchetto (?) to catch the ferry back to the historic centre of Venice with another Cosmos group (from memory they were doing a best of Italy).
Upon arrival Leo escorted us to the bell tower near St Mark's Square to point out to those who weren't with us last night where we had to meet for the gondola right today. We then all proceeded into a small shop hidden behind St Mark's Square to visit a Murano Glass Factory. We watched a master make a glass jug before our eyes before venturing into the showroom for the "hard sell". I only made one purchase. I bought a red and gold brandy balloon to replace the one that smashed when I moved back to mum's in '01.
After our visit to the Murano Glass factory we were given an hour of free time. Theresa and I set off to see if we could get lost. Surprisingly we found our way back to St Mark's Square but in the meantime we wandered through some back streets, found the post office (Theresa wanted to send a postcard) and we spotted a little place to go and have some lunch afterwards.
Theresa and I headed back to the bell tower (via a Gelati Bar, naturally) meeting up with our group for our gondola ride. Hm that was a lot more rough than the one I had in '93 and have since vowed and declared I am never doing another gondola tour again! It was not helped that our "driver" was Captain Cranky Pants who rearranged our gondola which resulted in me being squashed. Have I mentioned the rocking? Really thought I was going to end up in the drink a few times.
Made it back onto solid ground.... my osteoarthritic knees prevented me from getting down and kissing the ground! We then had just under 2 hours more free time before our "Discover the Lagoon" boat ride. Theresa and I managed to find our way back to the bar we spotted on our earlier walk and had some very nice sandwiches before making it back to our meeting spot for our next boat ride.
All aboard we hit the "high seas" again making our way to Burano. Here we had free time to wander around looking at all the gorgeous houses all painted in different colours and having another gelati before making our way back to the boat to head back to the historic centre to pick up those who didn't do this cruise. Fortunately our group (and another) stayed on the boat while the other Cosmos group had to get off and wait for another bus. Yay! I don't think this Queenslander could have coped with standing in the heat again (yes, even by my standards it was freaking hot!).
Final boat journey (for now!) over we greeted Rocco and our bus and headed back to the hotel where we had plenty of time for a cold shower and a siesta before our included dinner in our hotel.
Tomorrow...... Vienna! Hopefully by then my brain will realise it is off the boat. I still feel like I'm bobbing along on some form of watercraft. Very annoying!
Until Vienna!
Jax xo
This morning started out reasonably early considering this was our 2nd day in one town.
After breakfast we all piled on to the bus back to Tronchetto (?) to catch the ferry back to the historic centre of Venice with another Cosmos group (from memory they were doing a best of Italy).
Upon arrival Leo escorted us to the bell tower near St Mark's Square to point out to those who weren't with us last night where we had to meet for the gondola right today. We then all proceeded into a small shop hidden behind St Mark's Square to visit a Murano Glass Factory. We watched a master make a glass jug before our eyes before venturing into the showroom for the "hard sell". I only made one purchase. I bought a red and gold brandy balloon to replace the one that smashed when I moved back to mum's in '01.
After our visit to the Murano Glass factory we were given an hour of free time. Theresa and I set off to see if we could get lost. Surprisingly we found our way back to St Mark's Square but in the meantime we wandered through some back streets, found the post office (Theresa wanted to send a postcard) and we spotted a little place to go and have some lunch afterwards.
Theresa and I headed back to the bell tower (via a Gelati Bar, naturally) meeting up with our group for our gondola ride. Hm that was a lot more rough than the one I had in '93 and have since vowed and declared I am never doing another gondola tour again! It was not helped that our "driver" was Captain Cranky Pants who rearranged our gondola which resulted in me being squashed. Have I mentioned the rocking? Really thought I was going to end up in the drink a few times.
Made it back onto solid ground.... my osteoarthritic knees prevented me from getting down and kissing the ground! We then had just under 2 hours more free time before our "Discover the Lagoon" boat ride. Theresa and I managed to find our way back to the bar we spotted on our earlier walk and had some very nice sandwiches before making it back to our meeting spot for our next boat ride.
All aboard we hit the "high seas" again making our way to Burano. Here we had free time to wander around looking at all the gorgeous houses all painted in different colours and having another gelati before making our way back to the boat to head back to the historic centre to pick up those who didn't do this cruise. Fortunately our group (and another) stayed on the boat while the other Cosmos group had to get off and wait for another bus. Yay! I don't think this Queenslander could have coped with standing in the heat again (yes, even by my standards it was freaking hot!).
Final boat journey (for now!) over we greeted Rocco and our bus and headed back to the hotel where we had plenty of time for a cold shower and a siesta before our included dinner in our hotel.
Tomorrow...... Vienna! Hopefully by then my brain will realise it is off the boat. I still feel like I'm bobbing along on some form of watercraft. Very annoying!
Until Vienna!
Jax xo
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