An early start as Don and Dianne drive us to Sorrento to pick up a train to Venezia. With our luggage, travelling by train is a bit more challenging but is relatively simple. We had to change trains in Napoli but we had an hour and twenty minutes. It wasn’t until we were boarding the train in Naples that I realized I had left my leather jacket on the last train…crap! Oh well, I hope the next owner enjoys the jacket as much as I did.

On the train from Napoli
The train transfer in Rome was a bit tight as our arrival time there was a bit late. We had 20 minutes and we managed OK. I was a bit concerned so I decided we would get on the train in car 9 but our seats were in car 3. Not the best thing to do…dragging your luggage and backpacks through 6 cars, but we made it.
The train from Rome was very nice including a dining car where we had lunch. Good lunch, albeit it quite expensive. We paid about 38 Euro plus gratuity for a plate of Risotto, a plate of Italian salami’s and cheeses, Tomato/mozerella salad, coffee and a bottle of water.

Arrival at Venezia train station San Lucia
Arrival in Venice was easy with the train station in S.Lucia. The Vaporetto station is right outside the station…you just need to know which vaporetto to get on. We were told line 1 or 2 and we ended up taking line 2. Unfortunately, this line did not go to the vaporetto station we needed to go to and so we had to walk a couple of “blocks” to the right station where we were being met. A bit cumbersome up and down a couple of canal bridges but we managed.
The lady meeting us walked us to our apartment and then up the 42 stairs to the apartment. A tip – bring minimal luggage…it is just a pain trying to get through Venice and up inevitable stairs with lots of luggage and we thought we had really trimmed it down.
The apartment is very nice and rather than include too many pictures, if interested you can check it out on their website at www.ladysanmarco.com.

Living/Dining Room

Bedroom
A quick trip to the Rialto Bridge for dinner (expect to pay more to eat on the Canal) and a little sightseeing. Of course we got lost coming back to the apartment and had to ask a couple of times for directions. This is to be expected in Venice as the streets are very confusing and the printing on our map is quite small and hard to read in the dark. Looking forward to more of these adventures!

Gondola!

Rialto Bridge from our restaurant

Grande Canal at night