We are winding down the carbo loading part of our trip and heading to Vicenze tomorrow. We'll take the leisurely 1 hr train trip and get to our hotel for the night. On Sunday we'll move hotels to meet up with the elderhostel group.
This morning we went down to the water and took a vaporetto (passenger ferry) to Lido and had breakfast, then took the ferry to the St Elena neighborhood. It is the farthest out in one diection of Venice's 6 neighborhoods. It has a boat harbor, parks and streets that are not water and 15 to 20 feet wide. Also no tourists (except us). We walked back towards St Marks and our hotel, stopping to buy stmps, fruit,sandals, and have a snack. we were back in time ti rest before lunch. Lunch was simple sanwiches at a nearby place. We did .some shopping then peggy went to use the internet. by the time she was back a thunderstorm was approaching. We walked to a nearby square and saw people battening down the hatches. we got back to our hotel as the rain started. After a while the storm passed and we went back out. we finished our shopping, had a I course dinner, and walked out into the square in time to see sun on St George and a great sky. Later there was also a rainbow. We walked around some more and I enjoyed seeing the Italian men and boys reacting warmly to the rainbow.
We,ve read up on the elderhostel bike trip now and realize that we'll be repeating some of the Venice experiences with them. Oh well I'm glad to have had our time at our pace here.
Anne
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