Venice 2015 Day 3 and 4

Blogger lost all my written content again, even after I hit "done".  So here's the short version of day 3 and 4.

Left Rome and took the high speed Trenitalia 250km/hr to Venice.

Getting off the train in Venice we hit the Grand Canal to find a water taxi to our hotel - Pallazzo Giovanelli.  Even though it was about a quarter mile away the taxi would cost €50, so we opted for the water bus which was only €7.5 per person.

We got to our stop and eventually found the entrance to our hotel on a back alleyway.   It was a beautiful entrance:

Here's the front:

We got a very comfortable room and then went out for beer and non-pizza.

Then we hit the casino and came home to prep for our cruise.

The next day we went back down the Grand Canal to the cruise terminals:

And boarded our ship:

Pulling out of port we got great views of Venice and St. Marks Square:

So now we are headed to Dubrovnik, Croatia where is is thunder storming and flooding through tomorrow and we're supposed to go on a dune buggy safari. 😪