We woke up after not a lot of sleep feeling a little worse for wear and got the ferry to Venice where we did a walking tour from St. Marc’s square with a local tour guide to the Rialto Bridge, the Bridge of Sighs, past the opera house, through tight alleyways and canals, past art – filled palazzos, bars and markets. We then went to a Lace factory and learnt about how they make Venetian lace. We were shown a table cloth that took 8 months for 8 people to make and cost 950 Euro! We then enjoyed Italian pizza for lunch and wandered through the market on the Rialto Bridge and got lost in the streets of Venice for a while. We eventually met the rest of the group and went to a glass blowing demonstration which was amazing, took the glass blower about 3 minuted to make the Ferrari horse! We then had a quick look in the cathedral in the main square which was pretty amazing, lots of gold and mosaic and marble everywhere. From there we all went for a relaxing gondola ride through the canals of Venice which was brilliant.
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| Leaving the warf near our campsite to head over to St. Marc's square |
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| Sam and I on the boat |
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| Cruising over to St. Marc's square |
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| Cruising into the main island of Venice |
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| Cruising into the main island of Venice, going past St. Marc's square |
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| St. Marc's square, Venice |
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| St. Marc's square, Venice |
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| St. Marc's square, Venice |
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| The cathederal in St. Marc's square, Venice |
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| St. Marc's square, Venice |
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| Beautiful canals of Venice |
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| Beautiful canals of Venice |
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| Venician buildings |
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| More gondola's and canals |
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| Venician canals |
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| Venician building |
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| The main street... |
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| The famous Rialto bridge |
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| Me at the Rialto bridge |
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| Venician canals |
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| Venician lace |
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| No better way to cure a hangover than real Italian pizza! Sam and I digging in... |
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| The view from the Rialto bridge |
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| Me on the Rialto bridge |
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| The view from the Rialto bridge |
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| Walking down the Rialto bridge through the crowds |
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| Tiny Venician canals |
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| Alfresco dining! |
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| Venice |
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| The main street |
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| Looking out over the main water way |
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| Walking through St. Marc's square (surrounded by pidgeons!) |
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| This was MASSIVE! biggest pizza I have ever seen! |
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| Made from pizza dough! |
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| Glass blowing |
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| The boys and their Venician masks... |
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| Jase and Sam on our Gondola ride! |
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| Cruising down the main water way |
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| Cruising down the main water way |
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| Me, Kayla, Jase and Mani (and Sam somewhere behind there) in our Gondola |
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| Me in our Gondola |
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| Cruising through the canals |
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| More cruising down the back streets |
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| Me cruising down the canals in our gondola |
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| View from the main water way in our gondola |
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