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exhausted after a hard day shopping and sightseeing. Started off at 7.45 am for the 45 min trip into Venice then hopped on a "private boat" to Murrano and the glass factory then to St Mark's where we had a guided walking tour. Met up again at midday for our gondola ride with serenading - fantastic. After this we had 4 hours to shop so we did. Grandma pretty exhausted so we stopped for coffee and a beer (David) - it was enormous. I'll put the photo up next time we have internet access. Lots and lots of fake Prada, D&G, Gucci, Fendi etc but its illegal to buy them from the gypsies and you can get fined US$10,000.00 if caught - grandma bought one and so did lots of others. I'll try when we go back. really like a "Prada" bag but he originally wanted Euro 50 and i got him down to 10 just as the Caribineri (police) arrived. Never seen people and their goods disappear so fast.
Kirstie was not well today so she stayed at the hotel and relaxed around the pool, went to the chemist (with a list in Italian from Bruno). Seems much better tonight. Dinner not bad but still not what it was supposed to be.
Off to Lugarno tomorrow via Verona - of Romeo & JUliet fame with the balcony
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