July 24

July 24
We took our time driving to Venice, (well, a campsite 7km from Venice itself) and once unpacked got a bus into the town after being quite disappointed that bicycles aren't allowed. I can definitely see why though, some of the streets are only about a metre wide, and most of the others are packed with tourists so any cyclists would be a serious hazard. Im sure everyone has seen all the pictures of the canals and gondolas so Ill refrain from describing it, except to say that it is gorgeous and romantic, as well as expensive and very full of people! We spent yesterday afternoon and a few hours today wandering around, had a good pizza and some very good gelato, took a water-bus thing (we certainly weren't going to fork out 100euro for a gondola ride!) and are now back the campsite, getting ready to cook some garlicky spinach on our funny little stove, and head off to Bologna tomorrow. Fun times!

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