St. Mark's Square



Yesterday was our second day in Venice Venice is really 120 islands with over 400 bridges. Emigrating during the 5^th century from various parts of the region people took refuge in the lagoon from the invading Huns. We took a Vaporino, a water bus, to Piazza San Marco and tried to view all the sites in that area.. We walked around the square and stood in a long line to see inside St. Mark's Basilica. Absolutely worth the wait. It was awesome. It was very hot and very little shade so 4 hours of walking later, we were beat. We gathered souvenirs and headed back to the ship.

The previous night we went on a gondola ride throughout Venice's small rios and the Canal Grande. We even had a musician with an accordion and a singer so it made for a memorable ride. Click below to join us via video. Vonnie said this was her favorite city so far and wants to definitely come back some day.

Today we are at Sea all day. I had enough sun yesterday so I ordered room service and stayed in the cabin. I sat on the balcony had coffee and breakfast while watching the sea. Too many rude people and too few seats. You can walk the entire ship and never find a vacant lounge, chair or even a spot to lay on the deck. If there's not a person in them there's a towel saving the seat. There's lots of signs telling people they can't do that but it's not reinforced. Tonight there's a formal dinner and a chance to dress up and after wards another show.

Tomorrow we're in Messina and we have an excursion planned.