Day 7 - More on Venice

There seemed to a church on each island, so there were lots to see.  This was where our walking tour ended. about noon. The ship wasn't scheduled to leave until 6 pm so I had plenty of time to walk to St. Mark's Square to catch the shuttle back to the ship.  I did want to shop for a few souvenirs.  I had studied a little bit about finding my way back to St. Marks and knew the signs to look for up higher on the corners of buildings.

The tour guild took a long time telling the story of Marco Polo and how this was his home.  After he had us hook, line and sinker he admitted that no one is sure this was his home, but it's a good place to stop in the tour.

Bell towers galore.

This was the little restaurant that I found for lunch.  Had pizza.

Most of the morning walk was not very crowded.  Looked at some glass shops and of course jewelry always catches my eye.  As I got closer to Piazza San Marco it started getting much more crowded.

The bell tower in Piazza San Marco.

Basilica San Marco

These are the shops surrounding Piazza San Marco.

This is some of the interesting jewelry in those shops.

The Doge's Palace

This is the Torre dell'Orologio, a 15th century clock tower.

The winged lion of St. Mark.

I think I headed for the shuttle back to the ship about 2:30 pm.  The ship sailed at 8 pm, and I never wanted to risk missing the last shuttle.  Besides by then I was pretty tired and looked forward to a short nap.  And to see how Deborah enjoyed her excursion that day.

Tomorrow we have a day in Split, Croatia.

Day 7 - 2nd day in Venice

The second day I had scheduled the "Secret Venice Walking Tour.  Since the departure time for this tour I had to be up at 6 am to get to the gathering point to join the group and leave the ship at 7:30 am
The walking tour was 4 hours and then we had some time on our own but had to be back to the ship by 6 pm.  At the terminal we got on a smaller boat that took us west and around the end of the islands to the back canals.

Something that hadn't occurred to me was how all the daily supplies got to the island.  I think most come by rail and then are loaded onto these smaller boats that then got through the canals to deliver items.

Once we had gotten to the back of the island we got off and began our 4 hr. walking tour.

Business on the 1st and 2nd floors, living space on 3rd.

Since all the building are build one onto another, each island has a little square where kids can get out and plan and older people can sit and visit under the shade of a tree.