Floating through the canals of Venice

First up, we had a great time in our random little town of Ferrara. We hired some old bikes and cycled around the old city wall and zigzagged our way through the little cobbled streets of town. Unfortunately the weather was pretty shocking and at several times throughout the day we had to seek shelter from the rain. All in all a nice little spur of the moment visit to Ferrara.

After that we re-joined the beaten track and made our way to the canals of Venice. We arrived at the S. Lucia train station, stepped outside and were instantly captured by the beauty of the Grande Canal. We wound our way through the tiny little streets in search of our hotel, managing to cross all three of the original bridges over the grand canal on our way. We stayed in a nice hotel, overlooking a beautiful little canal. First stop after settling in was St Marks Piazza. We went into St Marks Bascilica, which was pretty amazing, though not a patch on St Peters in Rome, then went up the Bell tower for an amazing view of central Venice and the outer islands.

The Grande Canal

St Marks Piazza

Yesterday we moved to a hostel on the other side of the island, called A Venice Fish. We caught a Vaporetto most of the length of the Grande Canal (the budget version of a gondala ride). Then once again we spent the day wandering, with no clear direction. We stopped at several nice churches, saw the prison, and enjoyed a coffee by the Grande Canal. We really enjoyed our time in Venice, and would definitely be keen to go back and explore some of the other islands one day.









Now Ryan is in Berlin, and we are in Genoa, heading back to London tomorrow.