25,000 steps around Venice

I was unreal waking and realizing that we are really truly in Venice – I have wanted to get back here for so long. We started the day with a couple of espressos and a vegetable calzone type thing in a small square not far from the hotel. From there we just walked and walked around the city. We started off heading towards the Rialto Bridge browsing the shops and marveling at the beauty Venice. At the tourist packed Rialto, we turned towards the Market bit it wasn’t really happening much probably because it is a “Holiday” Sunday (due to the boating regatta) from there we meandered across Venice to the Hotel we had to go to to check in (apparently it is the sister hotel of where we are staying). From there we headed off to Campo Santa Margherita in an attempt to avid the tourists as suggested by the lady at the hotel (to no avail) but we did have the special Aperativo deal (break with various fish options, arancini and a glass of wine. It was a beautiful warm and sunny day and once we had eaten we just kept on strolling past the Academia bridge to San Maria Della Salute (closed) and the back around to San Marco’s square and the Rialto. We kept on strolling and were able to even catch glimpses of the Regatta passing on the Grand Canal.
We ducked back to the hotel briefly before heading out to visit the Leonardo Da Vinci Museum which, to quote the brochure, “offers a detailed and engaging journey to discover the world of Leonardo Da Vinci, among his ingenious machines, codes and manuscripts. It really was very interesting and only served to highlight what a genius the man was! From there we strolled further in the city ending up at La Zucca Restaurant (still closed and not answering my phone calls – it was due to the holiday I was to later to discover) feeling a tad hungry we chose a another place nearby (Trattoria Al Ponte Del Megio) where I enjoyed a traditional Venetian dish of spaghetti alla Vongoli (clams and mussels) and salad while Kirstin had some Gnocchi Bolognaise and salad, the house wine (red for me, frizantini for Kirsitn) topped it off nicely. I still felt the need to explore so leaving Kirstin back a our hotel I headed out for a final stroll over past the station where I found a bar to enjoy a further red wine and a little mini hazelnut tart standing at the bar (much cheaper that way – only 2.60 Euro). A thunderstorm rolled in just was I was finishing my beverage and this seemed a good time to head back to the hotel and enjoy the sound of the revellers singing at the bistro down across the street – ahh VeniceRead more