10th March
It was evening when we arrived in Venice. We had to take a water taxi from the main train station to the hotel. Gosh! We had so many things (actually mostly my stuff rather than my parents...)! Had a hard time loading them onto and down the water taxi, and also to pull towards the hotel since there are like tiny bridges with stairs around.
On the train ride to Venice. There wasn't really place to park our luggage, and so we ended up having one below the table, one on the table and the last one (which is mine and also the biggest hahahaha) sitting on a chair.
Typical view of venice
Near the main station
Gondola!
That's my own room hahaha. Apparently we had two rooms that are connected and so YAY miss lightbulb is finally dimmed for Venice trip!
Crowd waiting for the flag ceremony
In the end we got this portion of pasta with only tomato sauce for 8 euros! The food inside the old town is really too expensive and we don't have a choice. :/
And so morning we set off with a guided tour for the main places in Venice.
Mum took a shot of me looking unamused by the hotel's breakfast. LOL!
A typical street view of Venice~
A very pretty clock tower
Gondola!
This is actually supposed to be a form of vandalism but it's too pretty to be considered one.
Beautiful buildings~
Initially what I thought was... After some time in Venice, all the buildings look about the same to me and I wanted to see something different. Plus the fact that I have been to quite a few cities in Europe and honestly, I am a bit immuned to most of the old European buildings (but nevertheless they are still very beautiful). After which I felt kind of guilty. I have not considered that this was the first time my parents are in Europe and everything is still fresh and fascinating to them.... Hopefully, I have a chance, time and money to bring them to Europe to tour again, and including Venice again.
A few gondolas parked along the shores
While waiting for the next ferry at Murano, we decided to walk in to see a bit. Murano is an island where glass is manufactured and thus there are a lot of art pieces made of glass around.
Murano, near the ferry terminal.
So many colourful and beautiful houses!! The bright colours and serenity of Burano really brightened me up. This seems like a place that I would really love to stay in.
That's me looking really happy hahaha.
And the good thing is the groceries and snacks here are not as expensive as that in the Venice old town. So we bought a Burano-made biscuit that taste really awesome!!! We even bought 4L of drinking water just because it's one-fifth of the price we bought in the old town.
Saw this really cute cat licking herself hehe. And so many people taking photo of this cute tabby cat!
Me eating gelato heh. :D Pistachio and coconut flavour!
Cute glass candies in Burano!
After which we took a ferry back to Murano to change the ferry back to the main island. But we took the wrong direction and made a detour hahaha.
View of Burano from the ferry
Bought our dinner at Burano : Burano made pastries! Very delicious and so much cheaper than pizzas/pastas on the main island. And more filling as well :)
12th March
Venice was probably too short a trip for us :( Have not really finish exploring Venice (which makes me even more guilty). But nevertheless still able to admire some scenery on the water taxi before taking the train to Milan.
The parts we haven't explore :(
Me on the water taxi
Writing this post and looking at the photos makes me want to go home right now and hug my parents.
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