The next morning we walked along the Grand Canal and saw the bridge of Sighs, then took a ferry over to Lido - the only island with a beach as Scott was keen for a swim. Darryl was on navigation, but clearly not paying enough attention as we ended up walking up the side of the island that didn't have a beach (his excuse was that none of the streets showed up on the map). We crossed over to the other side of the island (fortunately it's not very wide) and found a...

We headed off on foot to the ferry terminal passing through San Marco piazza- and seeing the hundreds of people queued to go in to the Basillica. We'd already decided we didn't need to see the inside that badly, so not an issue for us. The island of Murano a 20min ferry from our base, reknown for its glass blowing, was our first stop. We saw a quick demonstration before walking through the shopping area lining the main canal. With dozens of shops lining the...