We arrived in Bologna at midday and stayed one night there, then the next morning early headed to Venice by train. There were so many great photos from each place i've decided to split the trip up - sorry for so many holiday snaps, but we had fun....:0)
The view from our hotel window - fabulous! When i've gone to Venice before i've always had a view of a brick wall, so it was great to have a real view. We had delivery and garbage barges go by in the mornings and gondolas with tourists in the afternoons. 
Couldn't resist the swan towel origami in our "anything but fancy" hotel room! We stayed at the Hotel Caneva - totally recommend it - really central, cheap (for Venice - ~$115 a night for a double with shared bathroom), clean and breakfast in the mornings. You could even come in by 'water entrance" if you wanted a water taxi ride....:0) 
The gondolas on the Grand Canal.
San Marco's Basilica
Stian and the Grand canal - taken from a gondola....well a traghetto (cheap gondola taxi across the canals) - but still cool - my first gondola ride! 
Gondola crossing......spotting a theme here....
Venice traffic jam....
We went out to the Lido for an afternoon the day we arrived (we scored two free water bus tickets from two australians leaving, so we spent that day touring on the water buses). I'd never been, much quieter than central and a cool beach.
Enjoying a frozen, florescent slurpy on the Lido
Finishing off the day with a giant calzone.......mmmmmmm
2 comments:
4:25 a.m.?????
Oh my heavens, Rhian, these are wonderful photos! What a treat to see two of my favorite people pop up on my screen!
ENVY!!!!!
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