Image 1 - Wet and cold on the Grand Canal in Venice
Image 2 - The Grand Canal in VeniceWe are in Venice, Italy! This morning we caught a train to London Gatwick Airport from my parent’s place and boarded a plane to Venice. The flight was uneventful, but noteworthy due to the fact that the seats actually had descent amount of recline. Amazingly I managed to snooze a bit and catch up on some the sleep I lost on our trip back from Freetown to London.
Arriving in Venice we were rather disappointed that we didn’t actually get a Mini Cooper, like we had reserved, as there were none available. Instead they upgraded us to a VW Golf Plus, which I wouldn’t consider an upgrade from a Cooper. It is, however, fun to drive. I’m still a little bit nervous about driving out here though. I’m worried I might misunderstand road signs, which are all in Italian, and get in an accident, or park illegally and get my car towed.
I was under the impression that Venice was supposed to be a romantic city. Romance wasn’t on my mind as it rained all day long with a temperature of probably no more than 8 degrees celcius. Stephanie and I bought 2 umbrellas and within an hour the wind had turned both inside out often enough that they were useless. The canals were impressive and beautiful but I wasn’t able to thoroughly enjoy them as I was soaked to the bone and cold.
We caught a, public transport, canal boat around the island of Venice and then down “The Grand Canal”. I think we have the transport figured out now. Hopefully this will mean that when we return on Friday, our anniversary, we won’t waste any time figuring things out.
R.W.
Arriving in Venice we were rather disappointed that we didn’t actually get a Mini Cooper, like we had reserved, as there were none available. Instead they upgraded us to a VW Golf Plus, which I wouldn’t consider an upgrade from a Cooper. It is, however, fun to drive. I’m still a little bit nervous about driving out here though. I’m worried I might misunderstand road signs, which are all in Italian, and get in an accident, or park illegally and get my car towed.
I was under the impression that Venice was supposed to be a romantic city. Romance wasn’t on my mind as it rained all day long with a temperature of probably no more than 8 degrees celcius. Stephanie and I bought 2 umbrellas and within an hour the wind had turned both inside out often enough that they were useless. The canals were impressive and beautiful but I wasn’t able to thoroughly enjoy them as I was soaked to the bone and cold.
We caught a, public transport, canal boat around the island of Venice and then down “The Grand Canal”. I think we have the transport figured out now. Hopefully this will mean that when we return on Friday, our anniversary, we won’t waste any time figuring things out.
R.W.
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