Glass, Lace & Gondola
After a very slow start to our adventure of a lifetime, our first full day was amazing. A quick stop at our local café for Americanos and croissant and then to the newsagents to buy transit passes. We were able to get a 48 hour pass, which was perfect. The sweet lady at the newsagent didn’t speak any English, but she was quite determined to make sure we knew where we were going and took the right bus. Transit was actually so easy, is good, since it’s been almost 30 years since I’ve used transit. There was a bus stop around the corner from our hotel, and all the places we needed to go, took the good old #5 bus. Airport to hotel - #5, hotel to island tour meeting place -#5, hotel to train station - #5. In addition to the buses, we also had to take water buses to get to the touristy part of Venice. They have floating bus shelters and everything! Our timing was perfect. We found the meeting place for our island tour with plenty of time to explore the street markets and have a cappuccino. O...