Breakfast was amazing--truly 4 Star! I had scrambled eggs, the usual color, not orange like where we were previously, a wiener (excellent quality), a croissant, a slice of the best salami I ever ate, a piece of peach, and to top it off, the best cake thing you can imagine, made with a filling of whipped cream and ricotta cheese with sponge cake.
So we figured that since its Tuesday that the museums would be open, the Academia was but the Guggenheim wasn't. The daVinci Exhibition was at the Academia and I'll get a book or two of it on-line when I get home. We walked around for a while then headed to the islands of Burano and Torcello. We had to try several water bus stops to find the right one and then change from one to another during the trip. Burano is the lace island with the colorful houses and Torcello has an old 6th century church with many restorations of their massive mosaics. As with anywhere in Venice we had to walk a long ways. They were charging 1.50 Euro to use the facilities so we figured we'd use the one on the boat. Along the walkway there were a few very elegant dining places and otherwise there wasn't anything. I checked out the menu at the first one and a glass of wine was 2 Euro so we figured that we'd get one and use their facilities. When we reached St. Marco again we went to the top of the Hotel Danielli as we had promised a friend that we would. A drink there was slightly cheaper than at Harry's Bar (we didn't have one at Harry's). I had a Frangelico, as it is an Italian liquor, and it came with a side of hazelnuts. It is a great combination. $50 American dollars for 2 drinks. While descending to the main floor, the elevator stopped at the 3rd. floor, and WOW, to my surprise, it was Boston's Gardener Museum! I immediately identified the resemblance.
Going back to our hotel, we were turned around several times and figured that it took probably 4 miles to walk the 2 miles. We tried to visit the Fra Church, but it was closed.
Reaching our hotel we wanted to eat nearby and checked out all the nice places. The one we wanted to eat at was crowded with locals with reservations and we could go back an hour later but the host at our hotel gave us another suggestion, so we dined elsewhere having ample wine and great food.
We can't believe how lucky we were and how wonderful everything was on this whole trip.
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| San Marco |
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| San Marco mosaic |
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| We had pizza and wine here (near Harry's Bar) |
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| One of the dueling orchestras at dusk |
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| Corner of Doges Palace at dusk, I loved the sky peeking through |
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| Grand Canal, all roads lead to Pont d'Rialto (not) we got lost getting to it every time. |
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| Close-up of huge mural at the Accademia |
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| Another gorgeous huge painting at Accademia, How did they ever remove this from the source? |
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| This little guy was a very popular photo op. |
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| After finding out the the Guggenheim was closed, we planned to go to Burano. |
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| Burano |
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| The only McDonald's we saw in Venice was on this busy street near our hotel. |
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