The Santa Croche, San Polo and Dorsoduro districts were the places to be traipsed through today. First off however we had to finalise plans for trip to Florence. After reviewing train, bus, car rental options we opted to buy train tickets – 2nd class.
After an extremely frugal breakfast (yoghurt only) we set off to further explore the city. With a large number of the museums of note already covered, we ended up visiting quite a number of churches. Church decor in this part of the world is considerably different from those found in Northern Spain, but is no less impressive, with marble, rather than wood or plaster, being the medium of choice.
Again, in order to avoid the ridiculous prices charged by restaurants and sandwich shops in some parts of the city, we proceeded to have lunch ‘on the go’, whilst walking from church to church. At about 15:00 hrs we decided enough was enough and tried to enter Harry’s Bar, famed as the birth place of the Belini. Having barely set foot in the establishment, that same foot was rapidly escorted to the exit again due to inappropriate attire! We instead sulked over a simple ice cream.
Following this quick but possibly not so light refreshment, we decided to take the water taxi over to Lido; Venice’s beach resort. After a quick crossing of the narrow island to view the Adriatic beyond, we returned back to “mainland” Venice and back along the Grande Canal to down some drinks on a terrace close to our B&B, where we at last found a Wi-Fi internet connection. During the 2 hrs it took to update our blogsite we managed to finish a bottle of Prosecco. After quick shower we headed back out onto the streets to help absorb the Prosecco with some fine dinning.
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