It's a sad morning indeed as we look out the window at 5.45 am as we are cruising very slowing through the canals of Venice , the buildings I the city are amazing especially before dawn as its so quiet outside..... We don't want to get off the shop, the cruise has been wonderful, we have all completely endulged in food & beverages , now we have to detox........we make our way to breakfast , say more goodbyes, wait for our number to be called ( to get off the shop) go through checkout one final time collect our luggage & we are now on land.......GOODBYE GRANDUER OF THE SEAS , IT WAS WONDERFUL..

We catch the free shuttle bus with our hoards of luggage then we get to the people mover ( which is a monerail that takes you into the main square) its bedlam , four ships have now docked in Venice & everyone is trying to make their way out of the city, we buy our tickets & as we go up the escalaters their is not enough room to get off as the place is full , people won't move out the way & people are getting stuck on it with their luggage, we all luckily make it off , but the people mover is another storie. Both families have to split up as we all can't fit ( there is only one stop anyway so we will meet there) we wait about 10 Minutes then we are all together again, we get our bearings ask information where to pick up our cars & walk directly to the place . We have two station wagons to pick up we say , & the response is we have one station wagon & one small mid car.... MMMM that's just not going to work with all the luggage is it... Eventually after butting heads with this rude man whom doesn't even seem to care we walk to hertz to see if we can hire a car, yes he says it's a large car & it will cost twice as much as the other car..... OMG we are having now luck what so ever, but we need a car so I hand over the credit card reluctantly & wait for the shuttle bus to take us to where the depot is, we spot the car & it's the size of a ford festiva... I instantly want to cry as I know our luggage & ourselves will not fit in the car. Mark pulls everything out the car to start packing it ( I'm upset, cranky & angry) we just don't know how everything will fit in. We have to squash both the boys in the back fold down one of their seats to accommodate all the bags, we are so not happy,,, we do look like the Griswalds in Europe... But at this point we are not laughing actually I feel sick really sick , I just want to lie down but I have to drive as Mark wasn't keen so it's me behind the wheel. We meet up with the Fogartys as their car is much bigger than ours &'we see of some of our luggage can fit in theirs but their car is also chockers.
We start the drive to Lake La Garda, it's Friday afternoon in the city then on the motorway & this place is chaotic... Especially as you have to drive on the opposite side of the road & the car..it's very scary as the locals speed pass you as you can do up to 130 km/ hr on the motorway.... After driving nearly two hours & reaching our destination I still feel ill, really ill , today has probably been the worst day ever, we go to our room Decide to go for a walk but I have to return to the hotel as I just feel terrible, mark soon returns checking up on me ( god love him ) hopefully
Tomorrow Will be better than today...