Leaving our hotel in Siena by 6:30 a.m., gave us an early trip and more time in Venice. We traveled through Florence and then northeast to Venice. After securing a hotel for the night, we started our day touring the streets and canals of Venice. It was quite a unique city to us, never having seen the major form of transportation being boats to navigate your way through. The walking paths between the buildings and city areas were narrow but supported by footbridges crossing the canal routes. I think it would be very easy to become lost in this city in no time at all.
We made our way to the major plaza, Plaza de San Marcos, and were quite impressed with the structures we discovered. The plaza fills with people from all walks of life and countries on a Sunday afternoon with vendors to entice your purchasing and music to set the mood. I should mention that something got into be as I heard the orchestra strike up a waltz and I did encourage Vern to take a twirl with me on his arm. He is such a good guy. We even got a "Bravo!"from a tourist who caught us in the act of dancing.
Once again we enjoyed the astonishing architecture, churches and people of this area. The people of Venice were quite friendly and willing to help out if asked.
As we were checking out of our Hotel, a class of 30 middle school students were checking in for an overnight field trip. I guess we timed that adventure right!
The next leg of our journey would take us to Milan and then an overnight train back to Barcelona.
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