Arrivederci Venezia

We were a bit slack with taking photos on our last full day in Venice.
Rob went for a run early in the morning and took some more photos from  the Ponte della Libertà.  The fishing nets are quite interesting and are set in really shallow water.

Rob ran along the path on the bridge in the dark -there's no way that I would do it.

We went for a stroll in the morning had our last caffe and bigne con gianduia at PasticceriaTonolo and afterwards came across a market in Campo S Tomà -I browsed through the stalls and found some glass that I liked. Rob is not at all fussed with markets and was glad when I was finished :)

We had lunch with Rosaria and Livio, once again Rosaria cooked some great things -Baccala veneziana and tagliatelli con funghi porcini, both were fantastic.


We wandered around Venice for a bit and then reluctantly went back to the apartment and did the boring packing stuff. Our suitcases are at bursting point. It looks like we'll have to visit Poste Italiane before we go to Torino :(

The cruise ships are huge and there is quite a strong movement against them for so many reasons by the people of Venice.  Small traders don't make much money from them as the cruise passengers don't spend much money -many even bring picnic lunches from the boats. The waves created by the boats can't be doing Venice any good.

Just wandering around

From the Ponte delle Guglie across the Cannaregio Canal

We seem to photograph this fig tree every time we come -it always looks a bit different.

These old guys on the Grand Canal were pretty quick and were manoeuvring around vaporetti and other boats

Rob took from this from the Ponte della Libertà, the bridge connecting Venice to the mainland, on his early morning run