Today, we would take two trains to get to Venice. First a 7:25am train to Firenze and then a two hour Eurostar train from Firenze to Venezia. Our Lucca hotel manager, Mario had breakfast ready for us at 6:30 (not usually prepared until 7:00) so we could eat before we left for the train station. We just love Mario! After two successful train trips, we arrived in Venice around 11:30. Found our water taxi and off to our hotel. After locating our hotel and getting our suitcases put away, we ventured out to find some lunch.
Well, this city was FULL OF PEOPLE! There were five cruise ships docked and the narrow alleyways of Venice were packed of people. Not a great way to get a glimpse of this beautiful city! We looked for quite some time for a specific lunch place we had great reviews about, we finally found it but it was packed of people. So, we entered into a place that was available…BAD IDEA! Place was awful, expensive, total tourist trap! Back to our hotel for a rest and then made reservations at a restaurant for a GOOD dinner…Well, we decided to leave at 8:00 for an 8:30 reservation to give us enough time to find it. At 9:15, we still had not found the restaurant – so we found another cute restaurant and hoped for the best. Food was very good; we finally finished at 10:30pm. What a day! Unfortunately, our first day of Venice was not ideal. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better and we can spend our last day of vacation on a high note!
breakfast at Palazzo Alexander
Train!
Nonni on the water taxi in Venice
the Grand Canal
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