We had taken the day off on Friday and it took most of the day to get to the camping ground where we were staying which was on the mainland. After getting set up and satisfying very hungry tummies with the local cuisine, we took a ferry to Venice as the sun was setting and wandered through the relatively quiet streets to Piazza San Marco, or St Mark's Square.
Sunset on the ferry to Venice on Friday night.
Restaurant entertainment in St Mark's Square.
Saturday dawned sunny and hot so we took off to Lido Island in search of beach, celebs at the film festival and some clean water for swimming. The Adriatic was very warm but the waves were disappointing and the beach wasn't up to much but there was plenty of sand for an intese game of frisbee football penalty shoot out and the 'stick game'. Much to Julia's disgust, no celebrities were spotted although we did see the (almost) splitting image of Bruce Willis driving a boat. We took another ferry to Venice for more street wandering and some dinner.
Kelley dominating the sick game
Drying washing Venice style
Cruise ship about to head through Venice
Grand Canal from Rialto Bridge
Julia - air skipping on Sunday morning
Sunday was another ripper of a day but Hamish had to go back to London for work the next day, after a final farewell gelato. The girls and I did more random street wandering and found some tasty strawberry wine. We headed back to camp for dinner and to pack up for our early start the next day. Unfortunately we didn't prepare brilliantly for our early start as there was a bit of duty free to get through and a birthday to fake so getting up the next morning was a huge effort and was nearly a failure when the bus drove away without us - luckily some helpful Aussies forced the driver to stop so we could get to the airport on time.
Hamish, Julia, Kelley on Rialto Bridge
Julia and Kelley on the best looking gondola in Venice
Hospital
Pigeons in St Mark's Square
