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    • TravelerEuro trip
      11221
      Day 24

      Venice

      April 14 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      Another early morning this morning because we had to catch a ferry from the main land to the island for our gondola ride through the canals of Venice. We were told this hostel would have the best breakfast on the trip. Yeah, that's not true. It doesn't come anywhere near the Sorrento breakfast lol. The eggs were really watery, and the bacon was slimy and the opposite of crispy. It definitely needed a couple more minutes. They did have yogurt and granola, though, so that's good enough for me. We all got on a train to get to the ferry, both of which were chaotic experiences. Especially finding the right ferry for all 30 of us. Once we finally got there, the first thing I noticed was how many people were on the island. It was packed. We had to speed walk through the crowds of people who walk like their on a Sunday stroll. I actually hate slow walkers. Because it was already 24 degrees at 10 am, Pearse and I had to put sunscreen on, and we were still walking faster. We were broken up into 6 groups with 5 people per boat. The boats are pretty small, so everyone got to know each other pretty well. Maybe some of us got a little too comfortable lol. Despite the boats being small when we passed another boat, we were uncomfortably close to the wall, and the other boat it was so narrow. I really liked the metal jutting out from the front of the boat. It could have been on some warships lol, they were intimidating. They looked like an axe head almost. After the gondolas, we had all day to tour around and see what's up. There was a dinner that Pearse and I didn't sign up for. Bec gave us a challenge where we had to make a collage of different photos. So we got lunch and started getting our photos ready while walking all around Venice. We managed to kill about 3 hours when we met up with a bigger group for some cocktails in the sun. The 8 of us hung out until some of them left for their dinner. The rest of us went to go find a different bar. In hindesite, that was a mistake because we couldn't find anything cheaper or big enough to fit all of us. While looking, Pearse saw an £22 screwdriver. That's actually fucked up lol. After aimlessly walking for what felt like hours, we got back to the original bar. When we got there, everyone was too tired from drinking in the sun to even speak. We just sat there staring off into the distance or on our phones. I really liked Venice, but I don't think we needed 12 hours there. It also doesn't help all we had for lunch was a charcuterie board split between 3 of us. Venice was just too expensive. We took the ferry back to the mainland to catch a train where we finally got to mcdonalds. We rocked up to the hostel with our food and just sat outside with a group just chatting and chilling out. Overall, it was a really fun day, but the sun really drains you.Read more

    • patatatour
      111
      Day 13

      Venedig

      February 22, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

      Erster Stopp in Bella Italia.
      Empfehlenswert: Venedig im Winter - nicht empfehlenswert: Venedig während des Karnevals. Wir haben zufällig den letzten Tag des 20tägigen Fests erwischt und trotz der sehenwerten Kostüme und Masken war es einfach viel zu voll. Das Finale, in Form einer Show mit Musik und Akrobatik auf dem Kanal, konnte sich aber dafür umso mehr sehen lassen. Zum Glück war der Spuk an unserem zweiten Tag vorbei und wir konnten die Stadt in Ruhe erkunden. Nächster Halt: Toskana!Read more

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    • TravelerVon Meer zu Meer
      Day 26

      Venedig vom Wasser

      June 30, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      Heute bin ich noch mal nach Venedig gefahren. Für 25€ bekommt man ein Tagesticket für Bus und Schiff.

      Also zuerst mal nach / auf Lido zum Strand. Lido ist eine der Inseln die der Lagune vorgelagert sind und so Venedig vom offenen Meer abgrenzen.
      Auf Lido angekommen ging es direkt zum Strand. Vom Anleger einfach immer gerade aus. Sonne gab es zwar keine, aber es war herrlich warm. Sowohl das Wasser als auch die Luft. Es war mal richtig schön nicht diese pralle Sonne zu haben.

      Im Anschluß bin ich dann natürlich mit Boot, anders geht ja nicht, über den Canale Grande zur Ponte di Rialto. Da in den Gassen abseits vom Trubel einen Cafe (Espresso) getrunken und ein Gläschen Wein.
      Danach ging es dann weiter per Boot über den Canale Grande zum Bus und wieder zurück zum Campingplatz.
      Ein richtig schöner letzter Tag in Italien geht zu Ende.

      👋🐧🐧🐧      Read more

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    • Bella Italia
      4
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      Day 71

      Gondelfahrt in der Lagunenstadt Venedig

      July 9, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

      An die märchenhafte Lagunenstadt erinnern wir uns beide noch aus unserer Kindheit. Umso mehr freuten wir uns auf ein Wiedersehen mit Venedig. Die verspielte Architektur und die Pracht der Kuppeln, Paläste und Gondeln verleihen der Stadt einen einzigartigen Charme. Wir folgten den Schildern vom Piazzale Roma über unzählige Brücken und durch fotogene Gässchen bis hin zur Rialtobrücke und dem berühmten Markusplatz. Von den Taubenschwärmen, die so typisch für den Platz waren, keine Spur mehr. Eine romantische Gondelfahrt durch die Wasserstraßen machte den Tag vollkommen. Auf dem Rückweg verliefen wir uns noch in dem Gewirr aus Gassen (wir wurden vorher gewarnt) und fuhren dann doch mit dem Wassertaxi zur Busstation.Read more

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    • Tour d'Europe
      3
      Day 114

      Venise

      August 4, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      Pour Venise🚣, on a pris un peu de confort en réservant un emplacement 24h dans un camping en dehors de la ville. Super endroit, très bien entretenu, avec des douches et toilettes plus beaux qu'à la maison 👍🏡. En plus, comme c'était de 21h à 21h le demain, on a pu en profiter pour se doucher 2j d'affilé dans le meilleur des conforts. 

      Depuis le camping, 45 minutes de marche🚶🚶‍♀️ et de transport 🚌en commun, 2€ le ticket, on reste au top et dans la simplicité. 

      Une fois arrivé, on chercher un office de tourisme mais on ne tombe que sur des scams 🏴‍☠️d'entreprises se faisant passer pour un office de tourisme, on va se débrouiller nous même. 

      On décide de traverser la ville d'ouest en est🗺️ en mélangeant les ruelles, les canaux, les bords du canal grande et la place saint Marc. C'est super riche en décors et on découvre que les différents quartiers de Venise ont chacun leurs styles, tous intéressants. 

      La balade prend plus de temps que prévu et on profite de pause⏸️ pour s'instruire sur l'histoire de la ville. Sa création par des locaux venus s'exiler 🔫ici après l'invasion de leurs villages environnants, l'organisation du gouvernement composé des 200 plus grandes familles 👨‍👧‍👦de la ville, son apogée suite à ses nombreux accords commerciaux et sa participation à la 4e grande croisade⚔️,... c'est très riche comme histoire.

      Malgré la chaleur de plus en forte🥵, nous persévérons et nous atteignons notre but 🥅: l'extrémité est de l'archipel. Composé de grands espaces verts 🌲🌴🌳et de beaucoup moins de touristes que dans le reste de la ville (sûrement, car plus difficile d'accès). On repère une pizzeria super sympa, avec grande terrasse, bien à l'ombre des arbres et très bien noté. Bingo (en plus, c'était notre première pizza 🍕🥇en Italie, il était temps), un super service et d'excellentes pizzas, rien à redire. On s'est même pris des Hoegaarden blanches🍻, parfait avec cette chaleur pour se réhydrater 🐳.

      Pour le retour, on prend un bateau-bus 🚤 qui nous emmène jusqu'à l'entrée de la ville, ça donne un nouvel angle aux rues qu'on venait de parcourir, le tout à l'ombre et avec la fraîcheur de l'eau, c'était idyllique. Seul bémol, le retour en bateau était tellement long qu'il nous a fallu un 2e ticket pour rentrer ensuite au camping (les tickets ne sont pas valables pour 1 trajet, mais pour 1h seulement) 

      Conclusion, je ne dirai pas que c'est LA ville des amoureux ou du gnangnan, mais c'est beau, le charme est indéniable et surtout unique au monde, une destination à faire au moins une fois dans sa vie.      Read more

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    • Europe with Trisha 2023
      22
      Day 26

      Day 25 Murano and Burano islands Venice

      September 24, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      We had an interesting morning with the shower today. Trisha was first and there was so much crashing and banging that I wondered if I needed to go in and rescue her. She was wondering the same thing when having difficulty opening the shower door for her to get out. After being forewarned I tried lifting it while opening which worked ok. It is a tiny shower with a shower head that sort of goes sideways. We will be looking forward to something better at our next place.

      We walked for a bit and then got on a water taxi that took us directly to Murano. I think Trish thought she had died and gone to heaven. We did a glass blowing demonstration to start with which was great. Then a visit to that shop, and then to another glass shop, and then to another glass shop, and then to another glass shop, you get the picture? At some stage we stopped for some food at a lovely place beside the water. Trisha bought a wrap which was 7 euros, but because we ate that sitting down there was a cover charge of 2 euros each. The toilet was good though lol. Then we visited around 20 to 30 more glass shops, and each of us bought a few pieces. As I have metal walls in my house I was targeting cute magnetic pieces, while Trish got some jewelry.

      Then we joined a rather long line for the water taxi to Burano. Trish held the place in line while talking to an extremely talkative Belgian guy who was practising his English while I had various seating places while the line moved. It was a pretty long taxi ride there and we were pleased we had seats as a lot of people had to stand.

      Burano is such a pretty little town with the lovely painted houses. We also really enjoyed the shops there. Still more glass, but also lace shops and lots of lovely linen clothing. We were probably there for around 2.5 hours just meandering around and taking pics. We then stopped for a snack and Trish had an Aperol spritz which has become her drink of choice.

      The queue to get back was even more crazy. We were all in an orderly lane before going through a turnstile. And then the corridor widened a bit, and lots of people jumped the queue. So there were about 8 people wide in this enclosed area, and then they opened the gate for people to advance towards the boat coming in. Everyone just pushed at the same time to get through the 2 people wide gate. Trisha was squashed up against the barrier and it was pretty unpleasant. But, we did manage to get a seat in the taxi so we were happy then.

      Earlier in the day there was a squish of people coming through a narrow street which was shaded. There was a shortish woman walking down in with her umbrella up saying come on everyone, just push through. I had to say “ it would be a lot easier if you put your bloody umbrella down!” There were some lovely quiet areas to go on Burano though with grass even.

      So supermarket on the way back after we were on the mainland, and we had a nice salad with cheese for dinner. It was dark by the time we reached our hotel so it was quite a big day.

      And the thing that is annoying me most is the bug bites. I did bring my special creme from Bali that soothes the itching, but I need more. Will be off to the pharmacy in the morning for some antihistamine. The first bites were on my legs and were like midge bites. But yesterday a definite mosquito bite appeared on my tummy and now I have 2 more on my lower back. I react to mozzie bites so they are bit obvious. I had heard of lots of people being bitten here so brought bug spray but obviously need to apply it to more places.

      14,872 steps and 25 degrees. Even had my light scarf over my shoulders briefly tonight!      Read more

    • TravelerOverseas trip
      11111
      Day 67

      Venice

      September 27, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 24 °C

      We left Rome at 5:45 in the morning to catch a train. I was surprised that so many people were up jogging and going to work. It was also the first time that I went on an underground train which was super deep down. We then got on a double decker bus that took us 7 hours to Venice. In Venice we checked in at our apartment which was really snug with a lot of bricks. Apparently when it rained too much the apartment flooded ankle deep because the sea level is so high. We then went for a walk after dinner and got the best ice cream I think I have ever had. It was salted peanut caramel! It was extremely delicious.
      On the way back we did get lost in the streets of Venice so there was a-bit of de touring going on. But while we were lost I noticed that people (that I assumed were locals) used the more empty squares away from tourist spots where they played with their dogs and hung out with their friends.

      On our second day in Venice we went out onto the streets to have a look around and go to a famous church called St Marks. On our way we got distracted by another church which had an exhibition of Jesus’ life where someone had made all the scenes out of the Bible. They even put hand made clothing on to the wooden figures which was really cool to see. We went to St Mark’s square and half of it was covered in water. We weren’t allowed in the church sadly because we were dressed inappropriately. As if a red head was gonna wear long pants and a long sleeve T-shirt on a 30 degree day! So instead we went on a Gondola boat on the river which was really fun. It seemed that everyone that lives in Venice knows each other because the Gondola driver talked to everyone he passed in Italian. We also discovered that it’s not just Rome that has cheap things
      It’s all of Italy so we got to go out for dinner again in Venice and I had the best hot chocolate I’ve ever had in my life. I also had spaghetti carbonara. So all in all I came out of Venice now having a new favourite place and having the best hot chocolate and the best ice cream. And I think Venice takes top spot on a favourite places beating Rothenburg because it wasn’t too loud because it only had boats, I liked the colourful buildings and ( most importantly) good food.      Read more

    • TravelerEuropa-Tour
      Day 6

      Venedig

      March 9, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

      Jaja... die Stadt der Liebe alleine zu besuchen hatte ich damals zwar anders gehofft, aber so ist's nun einmal^^
      Mein Hostel auf dem Festland hab ich mir nahe des Bahnhofs gesucht (1x Fahrt nach Venedig 1,45€ LOL).
      In der App hieß es, dass man da parken kann, was da nicht stand war, dass eine Nacht parken mehr kostet als eine einzelne Nacht -.-'
      Also noch vor dem Check-In erstmal nen neuen (am besten kostenlosen) Parkplatz finden... Naja vielleicht ist's nicht der sicherste Platz, aber kostenlos und mit relativ viel Öffentlichkeit. Wird schon keiner aufbrechen *cross fingers* Die Dashcam läuft seit der Ankunft auf Akku^^

      Jetzte zu Venedig:
      Ich bin schon am Ticketautomaten mit zwei netten deutschen ins Gespräch gekommen, da einen der Automat anschreit, dass man bloß auf Taschendiebe achten soll! (und ich denk mir so: joa, und jetzt weiß jeder Dieb im Umkreis, dass ich n Tourist bin - Toll!)
      Im Zug sind wir in den 10 Minuten der Fahrt mehr ins Gespräch gekommen und die Beiden hatten nichts dagegen, dass ich mich den beiden anschließe. Unser Plan: möglichst die vollen Straßen meiden! Irgendwann mussten wir über die Rialto-Brücke und nach einer Weile haben wir uns auf dem Marcus-Platz wiedergefunden (so viel zum Thema Menschenmassen meiden^^), naja aber dann hatte man ja die "Klassiker" schon gesehen und wir sind bis ans andere Ende von Venedig in den Park gelaufen, haben uns hingesetzt und uns erstmal eine Erfrischung gegönnt ;)
      nach ner Weile haben wir was (bezahlbares) zu Essen gesucht und obwohl wir uns dabei schon langsam in Richtung Bahnhof bewegt haben, haben wir erst kurz vor Sonnenuntergang eine gute Pizzeria gefunden und konnten uns für die letzten "paar" Kilometer stärken.
      Gegen 20.30 waren wir wieder in Venezia Mestre und ich hab die beiden noch auf ein Bier eingeladen, woraufhin die beiden mich in deren Hostel mitgenommen haben und wir haben ein bisschen verglichen.
      Deren Hostel war deutlich kleiner, fühlte sich an wie eine riesige WG; es gab eine Gemeinschaftsküche, zwei große Kühlschränke und man konnte auch für sich Kochen und man hat ständig Leute kennengelernt und sich unterhalten und es gab nen Aufenthaltsraum, wo Veranstaltungen, wie z.B. Slams oder wie an unserem Abend ne Live-Band aufgetreten ist :o
      Meins ist zwar sehr modern und mit vielen Zimmern, aber es fühlt sich mehr an wie in einem Hotel, wo nichts erlaubt ist und jeder sein Ding macht (oder ich hab einfach bis jetzt noch nicht die Party-Ebene gefunden^^)
      War echt ein cooler, aber auch anstrengender erster Tag in Venedig :)
      (27.173 Schritte, aber wer zählt schon mit :D)      Read more

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    • TravelerEurope 2023
      12
      Day 14

      Piazza San Marco

      April 18, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      Visited Piazza San Marco this morning, the bridge of sighs and beautiful Cafe Florian, est 1720, the oldest Cafe in the world. We did not go into the Saint Mark's Basilika or the Doge's Palace as we just did not have enough time this trip. The aim of this trip was to introduce the kids to Venice and just soak up the atmosphere by wandering the canals.Read more

    • Europe with Trisha 2023
      1
      Day 25

      Day 24 Venice

      September 23, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌧 17 °C

      We had to be out the door a bit quicker today as it was a train day and what a good train day it was! Once we were at the station I popped out to a supermarket and bought some fresh focaccia and we had cheese and tomatoes already. We had business class seats in this train as they were pretty reasonable at 30 euros when we bought them, but if we had wanted to buy the same today they would have been 270 euros each, quite a difference. We had great single seats sitting opposite each other and even had breakfast and coffee served.

      When we got to Venice we put our luggage in another "stow your bag" facility and went for a wander. We managed to visit a few shops, mainly murano glass ones and then found a nice place for lunch. I held the seats while Trish ordered her lovely turkey and roast vege salad. When she came out, I went to order the same thing but couldn’t find anyone to serve me. I went to the toilet, came back, spoke to 2 servers and then got the pip and decided I didn’t need food at all. So we wandered around a bit more, sussed out where we had our next excursion and an hour later when we wanted to use a toilet again we went back, and they served me this time. So maybe it was karma so we could use the toilet lol.

      Anyway, then we did our excursion. Trisha has been wanting to do this since she was a kid and I haven’t done it at all, but today we had a gondola ride with the lovely Luca who took us on a serene journey through various water ways and the grand canal at times. He also sang to us which was pretty special. Trisha was very pleased with the experience which exceeded her expectations.

      After the ride we went back to get our bags which was pretty painless. I was pleased that I had booked because there was a very annoyed man who couldn’t get a locker. There was another man who lad left his big bag there for 3 days while he and his family were in Venice. Then another couple who had just shut their bags in a locker, wanted to reopen it to put something else away and realised that neither of them had recorded the code. We left at that point.

      So then we caught a vaparetto to our accomodation, and found that without much hassle. Several of our hosts have contacted me through WhatsApp to ensure that I have good instructions to get places, and this lady had just messaged to check we were coming around the time I was looking at doors for the right number. She popped her head out the door, took us up our 3 flights of stairs and we were there. This room is similar in size to Paris, ie tIny. There is a weird wee wardrobe room though up 4 steps so we have bit more room for bags and hanging up washing.

      After settling in we went for a walk to St Marks square which is just around the corner from us. It was very spectacular with some lovely views with pink skies and flashes of lightening from the impending thunderstorm. We listened to some music for while, visited a few more shops and the returned to our hotel we we intended to share a pizza at the restaurant recommended by our host. We were really spoiled in Rome with the lovely pizza we had there. Neither of us eat much pizza normally, and the 2 that we have tried since then really have not very good, so we probably won’t try that again.

      It got very windy around 9pm, and we have enjoyed having our window open for the breeze. We have aircon here, but it doesn’t appear to work that well.

      14,915 steps and 24 degrees.      Read more

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