Venice

We have been in Venice a couple of days but haven't seen much. In spite of months of warnings that you had to walk everywhere in Venice, we have only gotten as far as the souvenir shops and cafes at the the end of the tram line. Then someone's legs started to hurt so it was back on the tram.

I had done a little research on how to use the tram but it didn't help much. I thought I had read that there was an English option on the machine that sold the ticket. It didn't. But the transaction was pretty simple and there aren't too many choices so we stumbled through it. We did end up with two tickets for four uses each when we only wanted one. The ticket came in a box that looked like a pack of cigarettes. When you board the tram you are supposed to validate your ticket. Just like on the light rail in Phoenix, there were some freeloaders that didn't have a ticket. On the four trips we have taken we didn't see anyone checking to see if you validated.

The hotel we are staying at is the Laguna Palace. It was where the cruise picked us up. Because it is close to the airport it is the hotel of choice for the flight crews. One of them told us of a grocery store nearby so we went there to get some things, like candy for Liza's friends kids. We also saw racks of wines for a Euro or two. I couldn't find a cork screw and the only the screw cap was a chardonnay so we ended up with a decent red in a box for Euro 2.20.

I haven't been able to load any pictures since the first few I took back on the 8th. We have had very intermittent internet access and haven't been able to get anything even when we have.