We weren't sure how our trip to Venice was going to turn out as we awoke to rain, but we found our way across the Causeway to the camper parking area, and managed to get rid of our persistent spruiker who was trying to persuade us to spend $ 200 for a water taxi for the 2 of us to go on a 15 minute trip to San Marco Square!!! We ended up catching an ordinary water taxi there, sitting inside the cabin looking through the rain and bashing waves as we went around ...

Italy seemed to be a series of "coincidences" that shaped our time there. When we arrived at the campsite out of Rome, that we picked from the internet, we were told by the night guard/ maintenance/ shuttle bus driver, Eugenio, from Maldavia, that if we would like the free shuttle bus to the station for Rome, there was another couple leaving at 8.30 in the morning and we could join them. When we arrived at the bus in the morning, we met Catherine and ...