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Published: September 7th 2014
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Our campsite is Camping Serennissima just outside Venice in Oriago it boasts a bus service both into Venice and into Padua from right outside its gates. It has a bar, a restaurant with a typically English style menu – in other words not very exciting and definitely not very Italian, a supermarket where I stocked up on essentials , a laundry room and reasonable showers. Reception was friendly and it seemed a whole lot quieter than Garda. We parked where we liked. Apparently it was quiet so there was no restriction on where you could go and we sat outside drinking wine and chilling out all afternoon. Tickets bought for the bus for Venice 2 euro 50 return and 8 euros return to Padua . We are ahead of ourselves . We planned to be here Monday night so that we could go into Padua on Tuesday however it looks as if we may go into Venice tomorrow. Not that that will be hard on us. It is a city we love and despite going there many times we always can go back and see something new. We fell in love with Venice and continue to love her. Monday well maybe
Venice again or we may try to drive over to Bassano. Plans seemed to have changed to Plan D. If there is a problem here its those damn mozzies of which there are many. Venetians came up here to escape the heat of the city but they must have been plagued by the malarial habits of the mozzies on the canal!!!!
We did not have the best of nights. We can put up with the bells ringing calling the faithful to Mass. But the noise from the nightclub somewhere in the town beggared belief. We were kept awake listening to Eurotrash music. Our neighbours talked until the early hours of the morning. Their voices wafting out of their tent in the quiet of the night. They woke early to take their tent down, banged their car doors many times before heading off before 7. And then the bells started again. You have to smile and hope you can get a better nights sleep tonight.
After a quick shower. The showers were functional, hot and clean. We headed for the bus to Venice. It was easy to see where it went from as the queue had formed.
After 25 minutes we arrived at the bus station and ready for our walk to the historic centre. Venice was heaving. If there is a problem with it it is that is beautiful and attracts too many people. We had to weave down tiny alleyway between the hundreds of other folks visiting. It would be nice to have it to yourself but this can never happen. We headed for St Marks Square stopping along the way for a coffee and a toilet break. A trip to the toilets in Venice costs 1 euro 50 a time. We still had Venice Cards which give you free toilet access but left them at home so had to rely on a café. St marks was heaving and showed sign of the recent high water levels. We were grateful we had done the touristy stuff before as the queues spilled into the street . Made worse as it is Bienniel year when Venice is host to exhibitions galore.
We found our favourite little café/restaurant in a corner near St marks for dinner. A huge margarita pizza for Glenn and gnocci with cheese for me. After we walked it off down the quieter backstreets.
Despite having been many times we always find something new to see there and I am sure would go again. No visit to Italy is complete without a visit to Venice.
Any regrets – yes . It was the Regatta Storica where the boats are highly decorated and go up and down the Grand Canal. This is followed by races in gondolas. We could have found a stone step to sit on to watch events but 4 hours sitting and waiting didn’t appeal. A reserved seat would cost 60 euros each. Perhaps we should have bitten the bullet and paid but we didn’t and will probably regret it all holiday.
No internet but we have used our EuropaSim - Hamilton just won a grandprix.
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D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley
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