As some of you would know I've been itching to get back overseas somewhere since my passport was taken away from me last year. So Louise and I decided to go over to Venice to experience Carnival!
We managed to get the whole thing planned quite cheaply which was a major bonus. Unfortunately we got up early in the morning and saw this:
Not a good start. Undeterred we made our way out to Stansted and after a 4hr wait discovered our flight had been cancelled due to the snow! Major pain in the bum. After some effort and ages on hold we managed to book another flight the following day into a different airport in Italy that would at least get us near Venice. Working out that the cost of getting back home and then out again to Standsted was going to be a fair bit we discovered a car was going to be a cheaper and easier option. So we hired a car and made the most of it by driving up to Cambridge for the day.
The next morning we made the treck out to Stansted again, this time in a car. We made our flight then after a long bus ride from Forli to Bologna then a train from there to Venice!
We finally realised we were near when out the window we saw the first Gondola.
Eventually we arrived in Venice itself a day and a half late. Once we got there we made our way to the hotel dumped our bags and headed into the square to see the opening parade:
After the opening we just wandered around accompanied by a huge lump of delicious Nougat!
We saw the Bridge of Sighs, and loads of other bridges canals and squares:
That evening we had a gorgeous meal at one of the locals' seafood restaurants. It was hidden away near our hotel which was in the more venetian part of venice. Amazing food and reasonably priced too.
The next day we did a whole lot of wandering and looking:
We also went into an amazing church which had some really old stuff in it like this:
Then wandered back through the square which was by now packed with people:
Then we walked back to the hotel(Hotel Vecellio if anyone is looking for a really nice hotel in Venice), picked up our bags and headed back to the airport.
And that was our Venice trip!
