Today was busy. We started off collecting some souvenirs. It was never going to be easy selecting memento masks from the thousands available. Then after choosing the preferred making it back to shop it was seen it. The number of canals, tiny alleys, bridges and dead-end streets cannot be understated.After making our purchases, we decided they would be no fun to cart around for the rest of the holiday. Stan also had the problem of a nearly dead suitcase and too ma...

Today we travelled from Milan to Venice. An easy 2 hour train trip. For the first time all of the seats on the train were full. Once we left the Venice train station, the Grand Canal was right in front of us. We bought a 48 hour vaporetto ticket. Although it was expensive at 28 euro each, it made travel around Venice very easy and stress free. We walked most places, but often it was quicker to cross the Grand Canal by vaporetto rather than walk all of the way to ...