After another much needed sea day yesterday we arrived around midday in
Venice. Overnight we must have
passed through a front in the Adriatic because during the night we had some big
bumps and a few little things fell over.
But this morning as we sailed through the Moses Project into the lagoon
the air was wonderfully clear and the temperature was in the high 70’s.
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| A picture perfect day to sail into Venice |
After the ship was cleared we went ashore and walked to the
People Mover. The ship was tied up
at the furthest dock from it, so it is a pretty decent walk there. From Piazzale Roma we bought our
vaporetto tickets and took the boat to the Rialto Bridge. We had decided to eat lunch at one of
the restaurants we like, the Barababao, which is not far from the bridge. We had a really nice meal and a house
wine. As we ate, Al noticed that the waiter kept looking at him strangely. When we paid our bill, the waiter said,
“You have a twin in Venice.”
Evidently there is a mathematics professor who looks just like Al and
the waiters were confused at first.
Our next stop was Murano. We wanted to go to the glass factory where we’d previously
bought some things. Per haps we
shouldn’t have gone there, but we did find a bowl that will look really nice on
the dining room table. It was getting late in the afternoon and we were getting
tired so it was back to Venice proper for us. We got a little lost on our way back to the Rialto area, but
eventually found our way. We
stopped for some gelato (at one of the places that Katie and I had found in
July) and we bought some wine at the shop we like near the bridge. Then it was
back to the ship for our last night aboard.
It was such a nice evening that after a small bite to eat at
the buffet, we brought a bottle of wine back to our cabin and sat on the
balcony enjoying the breeze and the view.
It was a nice day and a nice end to the cruise. Tomorrow it’s back to London for a couple
of nights before our return home on Monday.
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| A five-masted tall ship we saw in the early morning as we ate breakfast on the balcony just before disembarkation |
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