SLOVENIA TO VENICE- EASY, SHORT DRIVE

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Our second day in Venice with our friends the Loves once again confronted us with the worst of summer tourism; crowds, jostling for transportation, waiting on lines to be paraded through antiquities, and price gouging. Once more our hotel, the Metropole, helped by arranging a private water taxi to the world-renowned glass works of Murano. Interesting to see, but wildly overpriced; glassworks that only a dowager Venetian Aunt could take pleasure in. But the boat trip was OK, about thirty minutes with several interesting villas along the route. Unfortunately, the private cost-free boat that takes you right to the dock of the sponsoring glassmaker, does not pick you up for the return. I suppose if you bought enough glass they would be delighted to bring you back. Otherwise you are on public water taxi, Buddy.

With the Palace completely overcrowded we opted for the public museum on the opposite side of San Marco square. The museum turned out to be no more than a pleasant time passer, containing much of the same collected work as in the Doge Palace; but lacking the same level of explanation or guidance. I did find several windows open to great views of the square and the lagoon, affording some excellent vantage points for taking photographs.

With the Loves gone, the next morning, after a lingering breakfast, we opted to leave Venice and return to the peace and tranquility of Slovenia. Our drive, being almost all by Autoroute (read interstate), returned us in just over two hours to our little Love Nest in Bled. It was such an easy short drive. So if you are in Slovenia and wanting to visit Venice you have the option to pick your date and time of year, its an easy trip. We were both delighted to be back in Bled and vowed to stay put amid the relative peace and quiet of Slovenia, with a round of golf here and there and a countryside day trip now and then during the remainder of August.

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Photos

ONE WAY TO MURANO
ONLY ONE WAY BUT I'M WITH MY ELYSEE

SAN MARCO SQUARE
SEEN FROM AN OPEN MUSEUM WINDOW

CHAR LOVE EN MASQUE
VENICE TRADITION

ELYSEE EN MASQUE
VENICE TRADITION

LOVE LEAVING
GOING TO THE TRAIN STATION IN HOTEL METROPOLE'S BOAT