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Up early this morning as it is another travel day, back to packing suitcases, three days without was a real luxury. After breakfast, short 10min walk to train station, to our first stop. Three trains - four hours of travel, first to Pisa, then to Florence then to Venice, step off the train and we are hit by hot humid weather, it always seems more intense here. Venice is like visiting an old friend having been here before, makes getting around so much easier when you know how to use the local transport. Onto the waterbus (Venice's version of the metro) and to Rialto bridge pictured above. Then short walk to our hotel. Dumped our bags and headed out in the scorching heat to do a few things we missed out last time. Went to St Mark's basilicia, the beautiful mosaic floors are all rippled from being flooded. We went to the museum and watched the crowds in St Mark's square and the piazza from the balcony. The celing is beautiful will all its gold. Then we went on a water bus and cruised out to Lido, another of the islands, it is so beautiful over there, lots of trees etc. Watched the sun setting on our return to Venice and had a lovely meal at a recommended restaurant, pasta, pasta, pasta, when it Italy it is compulsory to eat!! lol Back to hotel after tea as it is now after 10pm, people eat so late here and manage to stay skinny dammit! We are not so lucky, our clothes are shrinking ha ha
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