Our boat to take us off Venice and back to the bus. It was fascinating watching the boats being loaded with everything from building materials, paint, food, drinks but well how else do they get it there?

This is the train station opposite our hotel, so Lauren didn't have far to go to meet up with us. This was taken the morning we were leaving. I guess it was about 8.00 and like any city there was so much traffic but in this case all boats. It's amazing to watch the boats manoeuvre around each other, and its usually at full speed. There is no going slow in Italy whether its on land or sea!

This was just outside our hotel, no we didn't take a ride . Just too much to do in too short a time. Could easily stay a couple of days more.

Our hotel on the Grand Canal

Have a drink! Actually this is the 2nd place we went to. The previous pic was in a side canal, this place was in one of the main squares. Lauren was saying she prefers to go to places where the menu is only in Italian as those in English are more touristy. Problem is Venice is all about tourists. Nice food anyhow, we all enjoyed our meals