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A Walk Around Venice

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A Walk Around Venice Before we travel I create a budget so we know how much we are going to need to save.  As time goes on these budgets are getting more and more detailed... The first few were a vague listing of what we might do and approximate costs, then Lance kept getting grumpy at me because we always went over budget... This time the budget was planned to the nth degree and I could see how much absolutely everything was going to cost, and it was kind of scary so I was trying to keep costs down a little while still doing everything we wanted to. Our first day in a new place we like to walk around and get to know the place, if you talk to locals you can often get the down low on where to go and where not to go.  In light of this I found a free walking tour of Venice.  There's a lot out there, some are only held on specific days.  This company has 3 tours held on various days of the week.   This is the link to the one that suited us , it starts in Cannareggio and you go t

Venetian Dreams

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A dream 30 years in the making I have been wanting to visit Venice since I read a Nancy Drew novel set in Venice when I was about 12.  I decided early on that it was where  I  wanted to begin out Italian adventure.  When researching I found an expensive option for getting from the airport into Venice proper and I loved the sound of it, so I made it fit into the budget.  We caught a boat, not a water bus, but a sleek and glamorous boat, the kind you'd expect to see Sofia Loren on with scarf  blowing  behind her in  there  breeze. We were not disappointed!  If you can afford it, do it!  Otherwise you can catch a train.   Here is the clip of our arrival in Venice via vapporetto . Arriving in Venice was an eye opener... I hadn't thought about the fact that there would be lots of bridges which often equals steps... The streets are cobblestone...  And you have to ask EVERYWHERE! None of which is very conducive to suitcases!  Especially as my handle had broken