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Arrived at Santa Lucia train station on a Frecca from Verona and started looking around for the #1 Vaperetto to get to the apartment.\u00a0\u00a0 On our way to the ticket booth we were stopped by the Policia and asked for our tax payment paperwork to be on the island.\u00a0 We told them we had rooms and had already paid.\u00a0\u00a0 They said fine, not even waiting for us to find the email that was sent to us to prove the taxes were paid.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We found the ticket office and it was 9.5 Euros each for 75 minutes on the “bus”.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After getting the tickets we walked over to the Dock E, a short way to the platform to get on the next “bus’.\u00a0\u00a0 At the validation machine on land there were a few guys trying to look official with lanyards and some white card with something written on them.\u00a0 They grabbed our tickets and validated them and then grabbed our luggage and rolled it onto the dock.\u00a0 Then the clowns came to me and showed me a receipt for 50 Euros and said we had to pay for our luggage.\u00a0\u00a0 I called their bluff when I stood up saying lets get the policia to straighten this out.\u00a0\u00a0 As I walked out behind them up the gangway, one guy turned to me and said, Never-mind and they all walked away.\u00a0\u00a0 A few moments later when I turned back around after getting back on the platform they were all gone, no where to be seen.\u00a0\u00a0 No an auspicious start to our stay in Venice.<\/p>\n

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Got on the next Vaporetto and with in minutes it took us to our stop.\u00a0 We walked off and went down a very narrow alley out to one of the larger streets and maybe 100 yards to the right, I stopped to determine where the door to the apartment was.\u00a0 Then I guy standing there asked if I was william…\u00a0 He lead us to the room and explained everything we needed to know.\u00a0\u00a0 This place even had a washing machine, GREAT!\u00a0\u00a0 We were tired of washing clothes in sinks when a laundromat wasn’t convenient.\u00a0 (which was a lot of places)<\/p>\n

Anyway, this is one of the nicest apartments yet.\u00a0 We are on the 6th floor, but no real view to speak of.\u00a0 Nice elevator were all four of us could fit in at once (not many of those. (Only 2 if you had luggage)\u00a0\u00a0 The bedrooms were Miniature with that capital M…\u00a0\u00a0 It had a nice living room and small kitchen,\u00a0 but as we are finding almost everywhere, no Microwave.\u00a0 So far, only the apartment in Genoa had a Micro.\u00a0\u00a0 There seemed to be plenty of outlets in the kitchens.\u00a0 But not many in all the other rooms.\u00a0 I think the standard in the us is an outlet every 6 feet,\u00a0 I think in Italy, its maybe every 20 feet, if there is a standard.<\/p>\n

First afternoon walked over to the Rialto Bridge, it was mobbed as expected.\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"<\/a>Went back to the room for a nap.\u00a0 Later went out for dinner as a small fish place, but none of us had fish.\u00a0 The pasta was very good though.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Second day we left early for St Marks Square.\u00a0\u00a0 Not very crowded.\u00a0 Saw the \"\"<\/a>Bridge of Sighs again.\u00a0 Then they went into St Marks church.\u00a0 (I was church-ed out by then)\u00a0\u00a0 I walked over to the bell tower as there wasn’t much of \"\"<\/a>a line.\u00a0 But I wasn’t planning on going up into it as I assumed it was a zillion stairs up.\u00a0\u00a0 When I asked how many steps up, they \"\"<\/a>replied no stairs,\u00a0 they only allow folks on the elevator..\u00a0 YEAH!!\u00a0\u00a0 I ran over to the ticket line, of about 6 people and within minutes I was whisked to the top.\u00a0 What a view of Venice and the surrounding islands. \u00a0So glad I asked.\u00a0 The rest of the day we just wondered around the alleys and canals.\u00a0\u00a0 On the first afternoon we took a Service Gondola to get back across the Grand Canal where our apartment was located.\u00a0 Talk about tippy canoe…\u00a0 (wheres Tyler?)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>That afternoon we set out to find a good gelatto shop on the island.\u00a0 From what I could tell there were two of\u00a0 \"\"<\/a>them.\u00a0 (viewing the pictures on google maps) we headed over to the service gondola with Tami and Scott.\u00a0 It seemed even tippier… if that’s a word.\u00a0\u00a0 You sit on the gunwales, which are about 5″ wide.\u00a0 Its quite a rocking thing as all the Vaporetto and boats motor by causing all sorts of waves..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One thing you will notice in Venice, there are no \"\"<\/a>straight routes to anywhere.\u00a0\u00a0 Lots of T intersections on the walks where you must decide which way to go.\u00a0 You must \"\"<\/a>have a good sense of direction as the narrow walkways don’t allow much GPS signal to get to your phone.\u00a0\u00a0 Its quite an experience you just have to like, otherwise its a bit frustrating.\u00a0 I love it, apparently the only one who does in our group.\u00a0 About 8\/10th of the way to the first listed shop we lost two of our group to go back and take more pictures of the Rialto bridge. (I was done going back into that chaos)\u00a0 We had already been there 3 times during our 2 night stay.\u00a0 (which only gives you one full day in the city)\u00a0 About 5 minutes later we found the 1st shop,\u00a0 they did not \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> sell any gelatto, none it was a pizza shop.\u00a0\u00a0 It was another 5 minutes of walking to get to the other one that was in the train station.\u00a0 We got there,\u00a0 Luckily Kathy found a church just prior and wanted to go inside.<\/p>\n

There is a chain of Gelatto shops called Grom that has the non tourist gelatto.\u00a0 (In the covered pots)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We enjoyed our good gelatto and then bought tickets to ride the Vaporetto back to the apartment.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The next morning we had an early train to get to Venice Mestre (on the mainland) so we were able to purchase tickets at the machine on the dock for the Vaporetto ride to the Train Station,\u00a0 board a Regional train and in Mestre we caught the Frecca to Trieste.<\/p>\n

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Arrived at Santa Lucia train station on a Frecca from Verona and started looking around for the #1 Vaperetto to get to the apartment.\u00a0\u00a0 On our way to the ticket booth we were stopped by the Policia and asked for our tax payment paperwork to be on the island.\u00a0 We told them we had rooms … <\/p>\n

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