Sunday, 25 August 2013

Saturday 24th August

Today we leave the beautiful Cinque Terre and head for Venice!!  Our train leaves from Monterosso at 11am and arrives at Venice at 4.45pm via a 15 min changeover to a fast train in Milan.  I can report that all went to plan and we arrived into Venice to a beautiful day on schedule.  We booked first class on both trains which was quite comfortable and probably better on the Intercity train than the fast train.
We walked to our hotel which was a short distance from the train station and wow our room is divine with an ever changing view looking over the Grand Canal.  After checking in we were on a mission to meet up with our fellow cruisers in San Marco piazza both of us adorned with our Aussie hats for identification but sadly we struck out as we were late getting to the meeting point.  Not to worry we took in the sites and had a great meal close to our hotel sitting on the edge of the canal.
Where we are staying is a great location as it is away from all the hustle and bustle of the tourists (and there are plenty!!) so you get to experience Venice from a local's point of view.

The Intercity train




Milan and a few scenes from the train journey



Our hotel



View from our room





















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