Venice!

We arrived in Venice yesterday early afternoon. We did a good job of figuring out where to park and then pick up our 2 day water bus tickets and on the water bus to our hotel. Luckily they give very specic and great directions...

> They say Venice is the city to get lost in and that is definately true! We wandered around for a bit in the afternoon then rested for about 30 minutes and back out for dinner. We headed to meet Alessandro for our pub tour but I obviously did not have the meeting spot right so we are going to try agin tonight to see if we can join his tour.

We came back to the hotel for a dinner recommendation and headed to Rosa Rosso..I amnot srue how we found it the first time and I hae not idea if we couldfindit agin butit was very good. We sat outside but at least in the shade. It was still about 90 degrees out..you cannot even stand still without sweating..

We had a nice dinner and headed to bed about 10...The heat and walking wear you out..

We thought about getting a pedometer before our trip and now are thinking we definately should have..It would be interesting to know how many miles we have walked...again definately rethinking the time of year we take these walking, hiking sightseeing vacations....

The hotel we are in is very nice and today while sitting at a little bistro out front we were able to direct new arriving guests. You have to go though this large iron gate which looks like someplace you should not be going..The hotel staff is extremely friendly and helpful..We locked ourselves out of the safe in the room and let then know. When we came back in the afternoon they - knew that we needed help and came right up to open the safe and walk us through setting it...

We had breakfast at the hotel this morning where they have a nice buffet and make eggs to order..then off to the Doges Palace secret itineraries tour..It was a very intersting tour and I am glad we had booked it a few months in advance. It was were Casanova was held and supposedly escaped from. Quick stop back at the hotel to drop off the Tripod..At least I can saw we used it..and took a few pictures together. We headed to the water bus to Murano and wandered around..had lunch and saw a glass blowing demonstration..very cool..

Back on the water bus St Marcos Square and here we are...rest time in the nice cool AC..

I did make my first purchase..which Wayne is very surprised by( the fact that this was my first purchase)..bought a nice leather venice made handbag... Tomorrow we are off to Croatia for 6 days of relaxation!