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Sleep has been on/off, but contrary to Helle I feel rested. The breakfast is fine and served at four small tables in the corridor outside the rooms. Bread, juice etc. is on a mantlepiece and inside the mantlepiece Mozart plays seine kleine at low volume.
Saint Mark's Square And The Doge's Palace
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2. day. S. Mark's Square, trips to Rialto and Lido.

Eric
2005-12-08 19:03:25

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Sleep has been on/off, but contrary to Helle I feel rested. The breakfast is fine and served at four small tables in the corridor outside the rooms. Bread, juice etc. is on a mantlepiece and inside the mantlepiece Mozart plays seine kleine at low volume.
Saint Mark's Square And The Doge's Palace

Vaporetto #1 arrives at Saint Mark's Square at 9.20 a.m. The route along Canal Grande gives you an excellent view of the grand pallazi with their faded glory and power.

The basilica opens at 9.30 and there's already a line of people waiting, so we visit the doge's palace instead and sigh properly when we pass the Bridge of Sighs to the jail, where even Casanova spent time in forced celibacy. Many groups tour the palace and if Casanova had had a voice like the French guide he could have cut his way to freedom any time.

When we get out at 11 the square is a mass of people and pigeons. The pigeons are a pest; their droppings destroy what water and time don't and many have salmonella. You are asked not to feed these winged rats, but none the less locals make a living of selling fodder on the square, and if you stand still the birds will climb all over you. Enjoy.

Rialto and Lido

Canal in San Marco (61 kb) We walk towards Rialto and drop into a bar for a coffee and to rest our feet. Served at a table 1 cappuccino, 1 espresso + water cost 10 €. If your daily expenses don't match your income a trip to Venice can solve the problem. The way towards Rialto and Rialto's neighbourhood is one big tourist trap with useless shops and junk galore. When over the bridge we head west, and when Helle says that a sandwich would do no harm we find a bar near Campo San Polo, and then it is hot and time for siesta.

The sieasta does wonders and we take the vaporetto to Lido. It is a half hour ride, but there's plenty to look at along Canal Grande.

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