Gondola tour through Zhujiajiao

Ah, what a classic! Per textbook Jones family tradition, we waffled about taking the kids on a gondola ride, were totally indecisive about whether it was a go or no-ho, sat around for what felt like hours *watching* the gondolas, before finally heading over to queue for tickets... at which point we ended up behind a giant tour group and decided to try another dock. Upon arriving at the alternate dock, we discovered that it had just closed for the day... Fortunately we recalled that there was one more dock that we had seen earlier - after running out there to find it still open (phew!) we noticed that it charged a 25% premium for a shorter route - presumably at least partly for being open an hour longer to catch stragglers like us!

In any case, also textbook Jones - all was well that ended well. We got on the gondola and enjoyed a nice late evening ride along the main canal of Zhujiajiao. It was a nice novel experience for the kids, especially not having been to Venice in Italy yet, or even punted along the Cambridge Backs.Read more